Find objects referencing tables that don't exist
HIWe have a SQL server 2016 with old views and old procs, and they are referencing tables that don't exist anymore - the tables have been dropped after the view/proc were created.I need to do a cleanup...
View Articlesql server in place upgrade from 2014 to 2016 with Always on Read only node
Will be doing an in place upgrade from 2014 to 2016 Ent Edition that has a Always On Read only node. Any gotchas I need to be aware of or people have experience doing this. It is on vmware not physical.
View ArticleDatabase Roles
Hi,I'm having a bit of clean up on the security of our SQL Servers and I've come acrosss a number of users belonging to a role that I'm not familiar with, and cant seem to find any documentation from...
View ArticleTable partitioning with 2016 standard edition
I have never partitioned any table so I am not familiar with its pros and cons but just to test it out, I have 2016 standard edition installed in one of our test server and I am thinking about creating...
View ArticleWhat uncompresses tables/indexes?
Working with a small DW, trying to keep tables & indexes compressed. They are not dropping/creating tables/indexes. They are not adding fields or other DDL. Trying to find out what actions...
View ArticleBig Data
Dear all,I read that SQL Server 2016 has now a tool to integrate with Big Data.Before I understand this tool, probably it makes sense to understand the big data concept and be mastering big data (maybe...
View ArticleMigrate SQL Server to new server
Hello All,I would like to upgrade my SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2016.I created new machine and i would like to backup all the Databases and restore them on the new machine.I will use...
View ArticleHA and DR Solution
Based on the discussions that we had internally we initially decided to move with a SQL FCI for our non critical databases so that we would have hardware level redundancy. However, now the issue arises...
View ArticleTempDB with 200GBs
Dear all,we have a complaint about an application that is very slow. Its database has 1GB in size but the tempDB on the server has 200GB.If possible, I would like your advices on how should I start...
View ArticleFile Share Witness Location
Hi,Is there a way to get the File Share Witness physical location using TSQL? I've looked through a number of DMV's and system tables doesn't seem that information or any information relating to FSW is...
View ArticleSend Job Alerts to User Base
Morning All,So this place is very job-centric, alot of the processes happen overnight and as jobs they run just fine.What isn't so straightforward is alerting each stakeholder about the status of their...
View ArticleStandard's Basic Availability Group - many IP addresses
My company is considering a new database server, and I'm exploring if it's possible to use Standard edition instead of Enterprise. We'd like to have automatic failover, and the Basic Availability Group...
View ArticleQueries are failing with below network error
We have recently upgraded ourdatabase server from Windows server 2012R2 to Windows Server 2016 and SQLserver 2014 to
View ArticleRead Only Routing on Azure Machines
I have a 2 node availability group set up on some azure VMs. As per documentation, I've configured an internal load balancer and created the listener. I can connect to the listener fine when its...
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View ArticleOLA Maintenance Jobs implementation
Dear all,I am implementing the OLA Maintenance jobs (two of them - Integrity check and index defrag).I am in the stage of creating the jobs. I have one question: Is it better to execute the...
View ArticleImplement the indexdefrag from OLA jobs
Dear all,I added the procedure IndexOptimize into a database that I have created.The goal is to have the index defraged on a daily basis using the OLA jobs. I would like to have index reorganized in...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Availability Group listener name - can it refer to a subdomain
Hi thereWe are in the process of creating an AlwaysOn availability group for an active system, to provide DR. Currently, there is a DNS CName alias set up for the existing SQL instance, for example,...
View ArticleWhere Clause over an OpenRowset
Morning All,I have a view 'RemoteUserView' on Server A that references a view on Server B 'UserView' via an openrowset. This is like this because (urgh its a rant) -- ultimately it cannot change:Server...
View ArticleImplied Authentication error in Log?
Hello everyone. I just performed an in-place upgrade for a client from SQL Server 2008 R2 to 2016 (Enterprise Ed). Everything seems fine except that I am getting two errors in the error log upon...
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