Suggested Criteria for Database Table Compression
Hi,We are about to move some large databases (150Gb to 270Gb) from SQL2005 to SQL2012. One feature that is now available is Database Compression. I do not really see any advantage to compressing a...
View ArticleUninstalling SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
I would like to uninstall SQL Server Service Pack 1 but i cant find where to uninstall the service pack from. Would anyone be able to guide me through uninstall process?Thanks in advance.
View ArticleHow to recover database from .mdf file
create a database ofequal size to the one you're trying to attachshutdown the server (Stop)swap in the old mdf file (replace new .mdf file with .mdf file to be recovered )Location: C:\Program...
View ArticleOS Error 665(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105) while...
Hi everyone,I am performing a backup of sharepoint 2010 content database on my sql 2008 std edition which has file stream enabled and I experience the following problem.When the backup reaches 40%...
View ArticleAuto headers in any new sql script
ctrl + New, new blank window will open to write sql script same time I expect below comment as header appear automatically in sql 2005/08 R2 is it...
View ArticleFiletable vs windows NTFS access
Can I store my file in FileTable and control the security via sql server? In other words, is there a way to prevent users from windows users from accessing the file? Also is there a way to apply...
View ArticleDTA suggesting inadvisable ammendments
Hi allI have actioned the recommendations on a trace file put through the DTA. It has however made our system even worse performance-wise!It suggested to remove certain indexes which we rely on...
View ArticleTransaction log full with simple recovery mode
Hi, we have a little db with recovery mode=simple. So, with this mode, transaction log suppose to be truncate after each checkpoint. I have a msg in the error log saying this: "The transaction log for...
View ArticleOrphaned Statistics
Hi allHaving run a DTA recommendation through on our server, it has created indexes which I have deemed not useful. I have removed the offending indexes but not the associated statistics objects. Is...
View ArticleIntermitten Failures in Transaction Log Backups
We are having intermitten failures in backing up the transaction logs. We are running SQL Server 2005 Enterprise with SP 4, working on testing migration to SQL Server 2008 R2.10pm we perform a full...
View ArticleAre physical reads seriously affecting logical reads?
We have a heavily used SP which I'm trying to optimize because it sometimes runs slow.Yesterday on production it took 80 seconds and did 33m logical reads, according to profiler.(btw, this is a long...
View ArticleChange Data Capture (CDC) Is not populating the underlying tables
The database in question is in simple logging sql 2008 enterprise SP2 64 bit on windows 2008 enterprise sp2. This is a test database and there is very little activity. There are total 58 tables setup...
View Article(provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to...
I had 7 table adapter and configure with different SPs. Now i added a new table adapter and configure with new sps, all old dataset is filling up with old sp and adapter. And while filling up new table...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 detected a logical consistency-based I/O error
Hi, guys!I am using the SQL Server 2008 under Windows 2008 + SP2 and got the following error in the event viewer recently:SQL Server detected a logical consistency-based I/O error: incorrect checksum...
View ArticleDeadlock on single object
I don't understand how this deadlock even gets started, it seems to say that process C8 has a U lock at the same time process 48 has an S lock on the same object. Shouldn't that be prevented right...
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High Hard Faults /Sec and free mem
My Sql Server 2012 is running on server 2008. 72 Gb RamThe db memory settings are 30 GB Min and 64 GB Max (max for standard version)The SSAS is set to min 7 GB and max to 60 GB.When i have lots of...
View ArticleUpgraded 2008 R2 SP1 -> SP2, now BACKUP/CHECKPOINT on one DB fails
I upgraded 3 of our SQL servers from 2008R2 SP1 to 2008R2 SP2 Monday night. One database (out of 9 DBs on the 3 servers) can no longer run a backup or checkpoint.The error is:Msg 2601, Level 14, State...
View ArticleRetention, Skip, Init combination question
Hi all,I'm very inexperienced so be gentle :-). I have to guarantee that backups I do satisfy a certain requirement. A DBA from a partner company has told me how to do what I need. His understanding...
View ArticleDifference between Alter index and DBcc DBreindex
HI All,I would like to know the difference between Alter index and DBCC DBreindex and from the below URL i came to know that DBCC DBREINDEX feature will be removed in future versions of SQL Server and...
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SQL consistency based I/O error, help needed
Hello everyone.I'm new to database errors so I'm not really sure what I should do next. I'm using an accounting program running on SQL Server Express 2005 (9.0 SP3) on a Windows Server 2008R2. While...
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