https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/queries/with-common-table-expression-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16 Specifies a temporary named result set, known as a common table expression (CTE). This is derived from a simple query and defined within the execution scope of a single SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or MERGE statement. A Common Table Expression, also called as CTE in short form, is a temporary named result set that... » read more
Status: Windows Failover Cluster fail to start any of the Roles All nodes in the Windows Failover Cluster are up. Identified several important event IDs that are common across all SQL nodes: 1069, 1205, 1254. Probable Causes: -SQL node names and AG name are not resolving or couldn’t register in the network. please look at the... » read more
ONLINE = ON for SQL Server Enterprise / Developer Edition ONLINE = OFF for SQL Server Standard Edition
Your queries could be going parallel, but because of limitations in SQL Server, they staying serial: single-threaded. A lot of different things can cause this, including running SQL Server Express Edition (which only uses 1 CPU core), but the most common are Scalar UDFs. Generally, there’s not a server-level fix for these: you’re stuck rewriting the... » read more
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Partitioning is a powerful feature in SQL Server, allowing your data to be split across different “partitions”, which are simply smaller, more manageable pieces of a larger table or index. Partitioning can provide substantial performance benefits, especially for large tables, where queries that access only a fraction of the data can run much faster because... » read more
You can easily configure this via SQL Server Configuration Manager: by modifying the directory for the -e parameter, which controls the error log destination. Default Log Folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log You can of course just delete the files manually, but it sounds like you really want to reduce the number of logs used and/or reduce their size.... » read more
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/agent/sql-server-agent-fixed-database-roles?view=sql-server-ver16 SQL Server has the following msdb database fixed database roles, which give administrators finer control over access to SQL Server Agent. The roles listed from least to most privileged access are: SQLAgentUserRole SQLAgentReaderRole SQLAgentOperatorRole SQLAgentUserRole Permissions SQLAgentUserRole is the least privileged of the SQL Server Agent fixed database roles. It has permissions on only operators, local jobs,... » read more
Open up SSMS -> Connect Integration Services… (Administration mode) Expand the “Stored Packages” folder -> MSDB folder -> right click and select “Import Package” Package location: File System Package path: C:\Deployment\MyPackage.dtsx Package name: MyPackage Protection level: Keep protection level of the original package Note: If package already exist in the MSDB, will get a prompt... » read more
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