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SQLAuthority News – Book Review – Pro SQL Server 2005 Replication (Definitive...
Pro SQL Server 2005 Replication (Definitive Guide) (Hardcover) by Sujoy Paul (Author) Link to Amazon Quick Review: This is good book for any novice developer to start in the world of database...
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SQL SERVER – FIX – ERROR : Cannot drop the database because it is being used...
I have set up replication at many different organization. One error I quite commonly face is after I have removed replication I can not remove database. When I try to remove the database it gives me...
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Replication has been my favorite subject when it comes to resolving errors. I have found that many DBAs are stuck with the solving of the problem of replication for hours; however, the solution is very...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Initializing a Merge Subscription Without a Snapshot
During recent course of Disaster Recovery and Performance Tuning, I had very interesting conversation with students regarding Initializing a Merge Subscription Without a Snapshot and Initializing a...
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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error : 8501 MSDTC on server is unavailable. Changed...
During configuring replication on one of the server, I received following error. This is very common error and the solution of the same is even simpler. MSDTC on server is unavailable. Changed database...
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SQL SERVER – FIX – Error – Msg 4928, Level 16, State 1. Cannot Alter Column...
One of my Facebook followers sent me an interesting situation, where he faced error related replication or change data capture. Hi Pinal, We have a database in our QA environment which is restored from...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: The Log for Database Cannot be Shrunk Until All Secondaries...
While preparing for a demo for a client I was hit with an interesting error in AlwaysOn Availability Group backup and restore scenario. In my lab setup, I had four nodes SQLAUTH1 to SQLAUTH4 and I have...
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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – ALTER DATABASE Statement Not Allowed Within...
Most of the time applying service pack for SQL Server is a child’s play. Double click on exe, keep hitting next, next and finally press update. But when it fails, you would need an expert to fix the...
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SQL Authority News – Brent Ozar Unlimited Office Hours 2018/4/4 – Fun Experience
It was my pleasure and honor that I was invited to the Brent Ozar Unlimited Office Hours. During the office hours, we received quite a few interesting questions, some were very complicated and some...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Unable to Create Distribution Database on a UNC Share –...
Whenever we try to use Configure Distribution option in SSMS in a SQL Server instance which is configured on a UNC Path, the wizard will not allow us to configure the Distribution database and we will...
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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – Upgrading Subscription Settings and System...
There are many causes of SQL server patching failure. Looking at right log and finding the right cause is the key to solve it in time. In this blog, we would learn about an upgrade error which comes...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Remove Replication Publication – Could not Delete the...
While playing with my lab server having broken replication, I encountered an error message when I was trying to remove publication. In this blog, we would learn about how to fix error Could not delete...
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SQL SERVER – Scripts to Overview HADR / AlwaysOn Local Replica Server
Today, I have received a very interesting script from SQL Server Expert Dominic Wirth. He has written a very helpful script which displays a utilization overview of the local availability group replica...
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SQL SERVER – How to Fix log_reuse_wait_desc – AVAILABILITY_REPLICA?
Earlier this week I had multiple engagements of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. While working with one of the customers we realized that when we query sys.databases for one of the...
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SQL SERVER – Error 21028 : Replication Components are not Installed on This...
One of my clients, for whom I installed SQL Server and configured AlwaysOn came back to me with an error message. While trying to configure replication they were getting an error message. In this blog,...
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SharePlex – Efficient and High Performance Replication from Oracle to Kafka
Ask any DBA what is their dream infrastructure and I promise you that they will narrate immediately a story which will be centered around no downtime and amazing performance. However, when you ask them...
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SQL SERVER – Error 9002: The Transaction Log for Database ‘SQLAuthority’ is...
Recently one of my clients contacted me to provide them assistance in finding and fixing the cause of a huge transaction log file. There are many caused to get error 9002 in SQL Server ERRORLOG. In...
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What is Transactional Replication Supported Version Matrix? – Interview...
Question: What is the Transactional Replication Supported Version Matrix?Answer: Most of the projects I do are about Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. When we start a new project we have...
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SQL SERVER – Renaming distributor_admin Bad Idea
A client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, recently send me an email after reading best practices about username and logins in SQL Server. Let us discuss today why Renaming...
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