DBCC CHECKIDENT is a command in SQL Server that is used to check the current identity value of a table, and also to reset the identity value if necessary. This command is particularly useful when working with tables that have an identity column, which is a column that is automatically populated with a unique numerical value for each row inserted …
As a business owner, you know how critical data is to the success of your business. From customer information to financial records, your data is the lifeblood of your organization. That’s why protecting that data should be a top priority. One of the most important steps you can take to protect your data is to run regular backups on your …
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Transcribed from a presentation on Database Corruption by Steve Stedman and Derrick Bovenkamp. Derrick : How do we find corruption? Oh, man, I wish it was as easy as taking out the magnifying glass there. Steve : Yeah, if we had this magic magnifying glass that would let us look at the data bytes like that, that’d be cool. But …
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As a database administrator, I know how important it is to have a reliable and efficient monitoring tool that can provide insights into the performance and health of a database. That’s why I created the Database Health Monitor, a powerful and user-friendly solution that helps you manage your database environment and improve its overall performance. The Database Health Monitor is …
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DBCC OPENTRAN is a DBCC command in Microsoft SQL Server that can be used to display information about the oldest active transaction in the database. This can be useful for troubleshooting issues with long-running transactions, as it can help identify the cause of the problem and allow you to take appropriate action to resolve it. To use DBCC OPENTRAN, you …
Each month we report on the most common waits that we see reported by our daily monitoring customers. All the data is sanitized, so there is no private client information to expose here. For this month, here are the details. PREEMPTIVE_OS_PIPEOPS LCK_M_X LCK_M_U CXCONSUMER CXPACKET SP_SERVER_DIAGNOSTICS_SLEEP OLEDB ASYNC_NETWORK_IO XE_LIVE_TARGET_TVF LCK_M_SCH_S Our daily monitoring product scans your SQL Server hourly and …
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The CHECK_EXPIRATION option is a security feature of SQL Server that allows you to enforce password expiration for SQL Server logins. When this option is set to ON for a login, it requires the login to change its password after a certain period of time has passed. Setting the CHECK_EXPIRATION option to ON for all SQL authenticated logins within the …
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Wait statistics, in the context of SQL Server, refer to the amount of time that a query spends waiting to access data in the database. When a client application requests data from the database, the request is placed in a queue and the client application must wait for its turn to access the data. The time that the query spends …
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