TSQL Query to find the user the SQL services run as
Occasionally I need to look up what user the SQL Server services are running as, and when this happens, you can either run a quick… Read More »TSQL Query to find the user the SQL services run as
Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL
Amazon goes after Microsoft’s SQL Server with Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL. What is interesting is that a direct port of SQL Server to PostgreSQL or… Read More »Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL
Sales To Aggressive?
When does a salesperson become too aggressive? In my business I try to not be too annoying or aggressive but sometimes not being assertive enough… Read More »Sales To Aggressive?
SQL Server Replication
I can remember several years ago every time someone mentioned SQL Server replication you would hear a dull groan. It is one of those things… Read More »SQL Server Replication
SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to …
The more and more I work with replication the more and more I run into weird errors like this one. SQL Server replication requires the… Read More »SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to …
Cannot drop the database because it is being used for replication.
I have been doing more and more replication work lately, and when recently testing some replication work I needed to create and drop some test… Read More »Cannot drop the database because it is being used for replication.
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
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?