Get a List of Tables That Are Compressed
Modern versions of SQL Server have the option for row or page level compression. Here is the script to find those tables that have compression… Read More »Get a List of Tables That Are Compressed
August 2020
DBCC Shrink Fails with Error
Recently when shrinking a SQL Server data file, I ran into the following error: File ID 3 of database ID 15 cannot be shrunk as… Read More »DBCC Shrink Fails with Error
Configuring The Distributed Transaction Coordinator
When building out a new SQL Server to replace an existing SQL Server, the previous system may have been using DTC or the Distributed Transaction… Read More »Configuring The Distributed Transaction Coordinator
How many files are in your SQL Error log directory?
I was investigating a slow sever recently and discovered almost a million files in the sql server error log directory. This contained job history and… Read More »How many files are in your SQL Error log directory?
User objects in the master database
Recently when doing a database upgrade for a client, I was informed that we had missed some user procedures, tables and functions in the master… Read More »User objects in the master database