monitoring tools
Hi Gurus,i wanted to know whether monitoring tools are monitoring a database or whole instance.please tell me what are metrics that are captured in terms of database and metrics captured in terms of...
View ArticleRe:Recovery Model :in system databases..
Hi,in general Model database Recovery Model is :Fulllike Master Database ,Msdb Database those are default full recovery modelBUT Temp Database is always in Simple recovery model .WHY?Thanks,Purna...
View ArticleMAXDOP 2 at instance level query uses 48+ threads for parallel query?
I understand that processor affinity controls how many cpus SQL can use, and I know that maxdop tells it how many it can use in a parallel query execution. So if I set maxdop = 2 (affinity uses all)...
View Articletracking SQL client connection bandwith\resources
Occasionally are computer connections to our main SQL server database application slows down for users all of a sudden and application freezes for several seocnds. Then everything is mostly fine for...
View Article.ndf on Secondary Filegroup
Hi All, I need some help understanding .ndf Secondary File group Behavior. our production DB .mdf file was getting full so management decided to create .ndf file on different drive with secondary...
View ArticlePossible to install same exact release on same server?
Hello,Is it possible to install multiple versions of the same SQL Server instance (i.e 2008 Standard R2) on to one and the same Windows Server?We want to isolate them from different databases who wish...
View ArticleInstance Microsoft##SSEE?
Hello,I am trying to install a new server with SQL Server 2005. I noticed there is already an instance " Microsoft##SSEE" on the server when I launch the setup.exe. Why? should it be here? is it a...
View Articlecheck where email come from on SQL Server instance
Hi All,this is heavily task to check where Store Procedure that generate notification email come from, of course it was in SQL Server instance DBhave you the Query or Script to perform this...
View Articleembed images in sql server database mail.
Dear all, i have a scenario of having company logo in a mail sent through sql database mail. i couldnt accomplish it by giving <img src="" in my html content. how can i do it.please help...
View Articlelist of blocked queries
i need a query that finds a blocked query which contains following performance metrics Average Time Blocked Total Time Blocked Query DB Name Last Execution Time please help me. thanks, venkat
View Articletop 10 blocked queries
Hi gurus, Is there any dmv query that captures top blocked queries in instance.This query shoulnt be affecting database performance. please give your inputs.thanks in advance. Regards, Venkat.
View ArticleCopy of production tables for reporting on the same db server, does it matter?
Helo, We sync some of our production transaction tables to a reporting database that is located on the same DB Insance (2008R2) thinking that this setup enhances performance. We assumed that running a...
View ArticleRestrict Access to N number of users
Hi All,i would like to know is there any particular feature or a way in sql server 2008 to restrict N number of users to the database server from certain host ip address.
View ArticleHow to generate scritping for a table creation whith its content
Dear all,I have build a big database structure using SQL express 2008. To install that database on a clean system I geneterate a Script from Task--> Generate Script in order to create the whole...
View ArticleSQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS support for unicode and non latin
I am wondering if someone can respond on if the default SQL Server 2008 Collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS has support for UNICODE, non Latin characters and multi-languages when we use data types:...
View ArticleWhat would be the Max worker thread value for 24 processor and 64 bit...
Hi,In some of my servers Max_Worker_Threads is set to 960Server configuration :-Total available CPU’s 24 and 64 bit operating system so is this valid? Generally Max_Worker_Thread set to 960 for 32...
View ArticleFail to add user 'sa' as a owner of a database for administration
Dear all,I try to set permission of "sa" user to a database I created with an other Windows admin account. When trying to set mapping role to owner in order that "sa" account gets all permission on...
View Articlehow to find partition function text applied to a table
Hi,I recently took over a database that has a partition_scheme and partition function applied to a table. When I look at the table and it's indexes I cannot find where (on what column) the function is...
View ArticleSecure Microsoft SQL Database file with password
Hello.I want to ask for a question.I have a software which uses MS SQL database for storing data, i have to deploy this software different machines for different clients.The question is how can i...
View ArticleHow would I implement this that whenever the Job is failed in first attempt...
There is a Retry attempts Box below OnSuccess in advanced section of each job in sql server agent.I have a job which sometimes executed in a behaviour that on first attempt it fails and in seccond...
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