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Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 11thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 11 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
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Cumulative Update – 12 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 12th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 12 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
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Query Execution Plan from XML to Graphical View
Convert Your SQL Server Query Execution Plan from XML to Graphical View 1) We can get queries execution plan from below query SELECT QS.*, CP.* FROM SYS.DM_EXEC_QUERY_STATS AS QS CROSS APPLY...
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How to Insert datetime with different Timezones
In SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has introduced a number of new date and time data types. One of these is the datetimeoffset data type. This data type includes an offset from UTC time as well as the...
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How to find current/particular transaction level?
There is 2 ways of finding current / particular transaction level :- 1) SELECT CASE transaction_isolation_level WHEN 0 THEN ‘Unspecified’ WHEN 1 THEN ‘ReadUncomitted’ WHEN 2 THEN ‘Readcomitted’ WHEN 3...
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SQL Server 2005 Onwards – Mirrored Backup || Cool Feature
SQL Server 2005 onwards includes the mirroring of backup media sets to provide redundancy of your critical database backups. Mirroring a media set increases backup reliability by reducing the impact of...
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Cumulative Update – 6 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 6th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 6 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
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DMV-8 : Check Space consumed by Database……..sys.dm_db_file_space_usage
sys.dm_db_file_space_usage DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174412.aspx Returns space usage information for each file in the...
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DMV-9 : Digging out details of CLR Tasks……..sys.dm_clr_tasks
sys.dm_clr_tasks DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/ms177528.aspx Returns a row for all common language runtime (CLR) tasks that are...
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DMV-10 : Does my database contain edition specific...
sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features (Introduced in SQL Server 2008) DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/cc280724.aspx Some features of the...
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DMV-11 : T-Log space used by transaction……..sys.dm_tran_database_transactions
sys.dm_tran_database_transactions DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186957.aspx Returns information about transactions at the...
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DMV-12 : Retaion in Session & Transaction……..sys.dm_tran_session_transactions
sys.dm_tran_session_transactions DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188739.aspx Returns correlation information for associated...
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DMV-13 : Finding locking & blocking……..sys.dm_tran_locks
sys.dm_tran_locks DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190345.aspx Returns information about currently active lock manager resources....
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Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 8 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
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DMV-14 : Which Table has Max. rows & Size……..sys.dm_db_partition_stats
sys.dm_db_partition_stats DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187737.aspx Returns page and row-count information for every partition in...
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How to Check SQL Server Evaluation Version Expire Date ?
SQL Server Evaluation Edition is available free of cost. It’s a trial version & valid for limited time of period. The expiration date is always 180 days from the initial installation date. The...
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DMV-15 : Pending I/O requests……..sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests
sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188762.aspx Returns a row for each pending I/O request in SQL Server....
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Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 9th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 9 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
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Database Snapshot failed due to disk space issue
Database snapshot is really a useful feature. As we know, Snapshot database file will keep increasing parallel to the DML operations on database. But if disk containing snapshot file run out of space...
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System Configuration Check – Without Starting SQL Server Installation
Question : Can we do system configuration check with starting SQL Server installation? One of my friend need to submit it to get installation approval. This is to ensure that no configuration issue...
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