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Azure Data Studio (ADS) is getting all sorts of love and attention these days. So much so that they have finally gotten around to adding Extended Events (XE) to the tool – sort of. Now we have the power to run traces on SQL Server via ADS.
Knowing just how long an event takes is a common requirement when troubleshooting. Sometimes, figuring out the unit of time is a bit troublesome. Is it milliseconds, seconds or microseconds?
Hopefully, a database being taken offline is a known event and not a surprise. Occasionally there are gremlins, in the form of users with too many permissions, that tend to do very strange things.
Knowing when an event occurred within the database environment is a very important thing. Being able to act quickly when certain events occur is equally as important. Sometimes, we may not find out about an event for a few days or weeks and then we are asked to figure out the who, when, why and how of the event. Hopefully there was enough foresight in place to plan for such a request to travel back in time.
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be visibly represented as the wrinkles on your face. Other times, as with SQL Server, it may mean that a stored procedure or view stops working.
Cannot use the special principal ‘dbo’. This error message can be misleading. This article will take you on a journey of common mis-steps along with the appropriate fix for this error.
It is not unusual to find a server where some random user created a bunch of jobs to be run by SQL Agent. Sometimes, the user creating the job(s) sets themself as the owner of the job. Learn how to efficiently manage the proper change of such job owners.
Runas should be a very common tool in the toolbox of all IT professionals – not just Data Professionals. Learning how to test different accounts is essential to being an effective and efficient professional that can provide solid results.
Starting SQL Server in single-user mode should be a tool every data professional holds in the bag. This is an essential tool that can be used in multiple scenarios and ensure you are able to fully maintain and control your server. This article will show how to start in single-user mode via two methods.
Losing access to a SQL instance is never a desirable situation – for the DBA. When the people that are supposed to have access, lose that access, all hope is not lost. There are plenty of methods available to regain the requisite access to manage the server. Today, I shared one such method that I view as being extremely easy. If you lose access, I would recommend taking the steps shown in this article to regain that access.