SQL 2008 R2 Best Practices for Updating Statistics for a 1.5 TB VLDB
We currently have a ~1.5 TB VLDB (SQL 2008 R2) that services both OLTP and DSS workloads pretty much on a 24x7x365 basis. For many years we have been updating statistics (full scan- 100% sample size)...
View ArticleSqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process 3920 generated fatal exception c0000005...
Hi Guys, How are you. i hope you all are having fun. well i have an issue on one of the production box. Version of the box: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.2187 (Intel X86) Mar 9 2006...
View ArticleWhats a TUF File?
TUF file is the Transaction Undo File, which is created when performing log shipping to a server in Standby mode.
View Articlepartial table backup
Hi, We're using sql 2005 enterprise sp2 and want to do a full backup and restore on some tables only, is it possible? What's the tsql command? thx a lot. Thanks and regards, Wallace
View ArticleUnble to run job for SSIS package
Hi, i tried to create a job to run my SSIS package and i got this error below: Executed as user: NT Service\SQLSERVERAGENT. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility Version 11.0.2100.60 for...
View ArticlePartition function range
Hi,I have a question concerning partition function range. Description :I have 2 tables --> 1 Dimension Table (DimTime) and 1 Fact Table (FactData).DimTime has an auto-generated PK which is...
View ArticleInstance name doesn't matter in SSMS
Hi, We have 2 sql server 2008r2 named instances on the same box. They have different ports, 7001 and 7002. I noticed that when accessing to each of them, instance name doesn't matter. All it matters is...
View ArticleSQL 2008 Cann't Expand Databases after installing SP3 CU6
I installed SP3 and CU6 on SQL2008 server and not I can't expand databases application is able to connect to DB server and work properly, even I can query sys.databases and see all DBs, but when...
View ArticleTempDB is full” error: solving interesting SQL Server issue.
I've an interesting SQL Server issue. It was rather strange that stored procedure works normally when I started procedure myself, by caused terrible influence on server when stared from SQL job. The...
View ArticleAdding BID trace points for intermittent ODBC timeout
One of our sites has an intermittent SQL Server timeout error. The error is infrequent, I'd say it happens two or three times a week, and this is on a site that only has a few users (literally)....
View ArticleQuery Actual Execution Plan Index Recommendations SQL Server 2012
In SQL Server 2008, if I execute a query and select 'include actual execution plan' then I would often get back the execution plan with recommended indexes. I don't seem to be getting back recommended...
View ArticleStack Dump - ex_handle_except encountered exception C0000005 - Server...
Hello - We are getting intermittent stack dumps. I have analyzed the dump in windbg, but I don't have enough experience with reading output to say with any confidence what might be happening, so I'm...
View ArticleQuestions regarding Partition in SQL SERVER 2008
Hi all, I want to create partition formation on some of our tables (we have SQL Server 2008 env'). The partition key will be date based. I've got several question, would appreciate you assistance. Is...
View ArticleBulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the...
I have a text file with the following structure: ID,Name,Age 1,abc,23 2,def,24 3,ghi,25 For this FMT file is as below: <?xml version="1.0"?> <BCPFORMAT...
View ArticleDB Mirroring AND Service Broker - Is it possible in SQL 2008 R2?
Don't really know if this should be posted in "High Availability and Disaster Recovery" or "Service Broker" so I post here in the generic forum. We have a three-server setup where almost all databases...
View Articlegetting my hands on stack trace
hi I have looked online but no avail ... how can I go about producing a stack trace on a local sql instance? i remember reading about it a while back but can't recall the link or the search term I...
View ArticleNewbie, need help creating tables in sql2008R2
Hi everyone, I am new to SQL and I am trying to learn my way around it on my own time. I am using SQL2008R2 and trying to create tables following the instructions on the 'Microsoft SQL Server 2008,...
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