SQL server Agent Scheduler
Hi all, I have some SQL server jobs placed in one sever , till last two days everything is fine , Today no job in my server ran and checked the agent and all everything looks file , I found the issue...
View ArticleInserting into a single heap table from multiple sessions
Is it possible to insert into (let's say 20) from multiple sessions into the same table (heap or not but certainly there is only a single non partitioned target table) and get inserts run in parallel...
View ArticleIs it safe to kill a task with wai type Backupthread?
Hi everyone,I am performing backups of all my user databases via maintenance plan and SQL Agent job, but I can see in the Activity Monitor that one of the database backups has 4 tasks in it - 2 are in...
View ArticleIs log file needed for backup?
Hi all, I'm wondering if a backup done without the log file, could this cause an issue when restoring the database? Background, we use Backup Exec to do our back ups. The person that was handling this...
View ArticleTable does not update in SQL server
hello all, I have created a VBA code in access 2010 which upload an excel file to a table .i can see that form some tables , the data is updated, meaning eraseing the data from the SQL table and...
View ArticleReplication and partitioning in sqlserver 2005
Hi,I am not able to find a document about any partitioning operation limitations for replication. Can any one help to answer the following questions.1. Can we harmlessly replicate partioned...
View ArticleImport data from Sql tables to Ms access
I need to transfer few tables from sql to ms access using query.Can some one please help in writing it
View ArticleSQL Server Agent Jobs not running 'SQL Server Agent is not currently running...
Hello All,We have sql 2008 R2 SP1 A/P cluster running on VM.SQL Server Agent jobs are not running. If I manually try to run the job it gives below error'SQL Server Agent is not currently running so it...
View ArticleUnable to connect to SQL named instance using alias name
Hi I have installed Two named instances of SQL Server 2008 Standar Edition X64 SP1 on Windows server 2008 Standard edition X64 with SP2I created two Aliases using Configuration Manager pointing to both...
View ArticleCreate a ColumnStore Index on a Partitioned Table
I'm having difficulty creating a ColumnStore index on a partitioned table. If I try to align the index with a partitions, I get this error:Msg 2726, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Partition function...
View ArticleParameters at the first call of a stored proc might produce wrong execution...
Hi everyone,Sometimes, the parameters used the first time a stored procedure is run may produce an specific execution plan that is cached and reused for the next times the procedure is run, with other...
View ArticlePAGEIOLATCH_EX Wait type on insert
Hello All,I am noticing a lot of PAGEIOLATCH_EX wait types whenever there is an insert into a table. I have the clustered index primary key on a GUID. I wanted to know if this was a disk issue and ran...
View ArticlePerformance report in SQLServer 2005
Hi,I want to have a snapshot of performance of SQLServer 2005 and then have another snapshot at some other time and then want to compare both reports. Is there any mechanism of this type available in...
View Articlecopy only backups & transactions captured in the transaction log
Hi I am trying to understand what exactly is a copy only backup and how this could be used in real world and what sort of transactions does the transact log file store.Thanks in advance..........
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 does not accept connection
I have develop a system for my client the system was run smoothly but in yesterday we encountered a connection timed out from every remote machine that connect to this server.That was not happened...
View ArticleGuidelines for estimating resources needed for SQL SERVER in a vitual...
Hi,I am working on a project to raise our db infrastructure.We currently have one SQL Server 2005 with two instances that is on a virtual machine.We want to have two distincts server on a bigger...
View ArticleDoes it cost CPU to return results to client?
I have a modest select statement that returns about 7k small rows, maybe 200k of data.When I run it (in SSMS) it costs about 1.5 seconds of CPU.If I wrap the select in a count(*) so it just returns a...
View ArticleExisting Table Partition
Hi,We have a existing table and it has two date columns (Datatype - Datetime) and it's very big table and we would like to make a partition table. This is a frequently accessed table. We need partition...
View ArticleTempdb unavailable couldnt find the error
HiI faced an issue today early morning. My instance is running on cluster, and suddenly at 3 am tempdb went unavailable. I checked the error logs, event logs and system logs but couldnt find the reason...
View ArticleDatabase initial size question
Hi all,I've noticed that a such application's databases constantly grow in size, this is not a problem at all. But I've also noticed that theese databases' initial size grow (initial size = actual...
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