SQL SERVER – Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error – This SQL Server...
In this blog post we will discover how to fix an Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error. If you have installed SQL Server cluster, then it would be easy for you to remember that it’s a two-step...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan failing with 0x80131904 – A network-related or...
One of my clients contacted me and informed that after patching of SQL Server, they noticed that their maintenance plan were failing. I asked them to share the complete error message about the...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Event ID 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either Corrupt or...
While trying to start SQL Service for a named instance, I got an error message related to event id 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either Corrupt or has Been Tampered With (Error Getting Instance...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Fix: Error: 1934, Level 16, INSERT or UPDATE Failed Because the...
A very old client of mine yesterday pinged me with this question about error related to QUOTED_IDENTIFIER.“Pinal,When I run my query it works just fine in SSMS but when I run it via SQL Server Agent...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Improve Application Performance on Cloud While Reducing...
It is very common for people to move databases now a days to the cloud. The very first question I often hear from them is – How to Improve Application Performance on Cloud While Reducing Bandwidth...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Error 17113, Severity: 16 – Error Occurred While Opening File...
While playing with my SQL Server startup parameter, I made some mistakes and came to a situation where SQL Server was not getting started. In this blog post, let us learn about error 17113.Whenever you...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Fix: Error 946, Severity: 14 – Cannot open database ‘DB’ version...
I was consulting a client for migration from SQL 2014 to SQL 2016. They were using methodology discussed in books online here. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn178483.aspx (Upgrading AlwaysOn...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Cannot open backup device. Operating system error 1326 (Logon...
There might be various reasons for above error, but this case is very specific to a situation where SQL Server was installed on a machine which was in Workgroup whereas the backup destination was the...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15281- SQL Server Blocked Access to Procedure...
One of my blog readers pinged me on Skype and asked a simple question. I always thought I had a blog written about this error, but I was wrong. So, this blog is the outcome of a short interaction with...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 7356, Level 16 – The OLE DB provider “ASEOLEDB” for...
In SQL Server, we can create linked server to many other RDBMS. The providers to connect would generally publish by destination RBMS. In this client scenario, they were dealing with linked server to...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – FIX: Error 19456: None of the IP Addresses Configured for the...
Recently, while deploying a hybrid AlwaysOn availability group for a client, I faced this error. Since it was something I was not able to find many hits on internet search, I thought of sharing this...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Migrating AlwaysOn Availability Group to New AD Domain
As a part of my independent consulting, I also provide a high level overview of the migration strategy. As a part of this engagement, my client wanted me to provide steps to move AlwaysOn availability...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – UpdateHADRResource – Failed to version-copy file – Exception...
While applying patches on SQL server standalone instance, in the cluster, it failed with error as below in Summary.txt file. Let us learn about how to fix Exception data is:...
View ArticleSQL SERVER Management Studio – Exception of type...
I was trying to help my client in generating a report large data set. After spending some time and understanding the schema, I could provide them the query to get the results. Now, he wanted to save...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – The header for file Path is not a valid database file header....
If you are coming to this page by searching, then I am sure that you are in big trouble. I have come across this error and my SQL Server was not getting started. When I looked into ERRORLOG, I found...
View ArticleSQL: Different ways to generate sequence
There was a question from the op regarding adding a new column to a query output by generating the cyclic sequence numbers from 1 to 3.Select A =identity(int,1,1),B,C from...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Connection Error 4 – An Error Occurred While...
I was trying to set up database mirroring in my freshly created Azure Virtual Machines and encountered an error. The error was talking about the connectivity problem, but it was something else. Let us...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Error: 566, Severity: 21 – An Error Occurred While Writing an...
Have you ever been in a situation where SQL Server shuts down by itself? It sounds strange but I met across a gentleman in flight who reported this issue to me. Since I was curious to know the cause,...
View ArticleSQL Server Compatibility Levels
Have you ever wondered what versions of SQL Server related to the compatibility levels? This article will show you the levels and also how to change existing databases to different SQL releases.This is...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Error Msg 10778, Level 16 with InMemory OLTP
SQL Server 2016 brought several innovations. One of the most anticipated feature additions was the ability to define foreign keys with InMemory tables. I wrote about this feature earlier on blog at:...
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