Recently I wrote a blog explaining a situation where taking log backup can break automatic seeding and synchronization would not work. Below is the blog reference. SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn Automatic Seeding – Database Stuck in Restoring State
How to Estimate Space Saved by Data Compression in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #167
Question: How to Estimate Space Saved by Data Compression in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – FIX: Backup Detected Log Corruption in database MyDB. Context is Bad Middle Sector
During my consulting, I guide my clients to have a backup plan in place. One of my clients reported that whenever they try to take a Full Backup of a database, it fails precisely after 60% completion. Here is the error message while making database backup using SQL Server Management Studio. Let us fix error related to the bad middle sector in this blog.
MySQL – Connection Error – [MySQL][ODBC 5.3(w) Driver]Host ‘IP’ is Not Allowed to Connect to this MySQL Server
One of my clients contacted me for a linked server issue between SQL Server and MySQL Server. Since I mostly work with SQL Server, it was a fun installing and connecting MySQL Server. While I was trying to simulate the issue and I wanted to create a linked server. In this blog, we would learn how to fix MySQL connection error [MySQL][ODBC 5.3(w) Driver]Host ‘IP’ is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server.
SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn Automatic Seeding – Database Stuck in Restoring State
As a part of my consulting, I observed that there is a lot of interest in using AlwaysOn availability group. I have deployed many AlwaysOn solutions from start-to-finish. Recently I encountered an issue and in this blog, we would discuss reason of an availability database to stay in restoring mode even after using automatic seeding.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 3231 – The Media Loaded on “Backup” is Formatted to Support 1 Media Families, but 2 Media Families are Expected According to the Backup Device Specification
While preparing for a demo for my upcoming session, I encountered an interesting error. I thought I have written a blog about it, but I was wrong. My earlier blog was about a different error which looks very similar. Here is my earlier blog for error 3132. SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 3132, Level 16 – The Media Set has 2 Media Families but Only 1 is Provided. All Members Must be Provided. In this blog post, we will learn how to fix the error The Media Loaded on “Backup” is Formatted to Support 1 Media Families, but 2 Media Families are Expected According to the Backup Device Specification.
How to Find SQL Server Deprecated Features Used by the Application? – Interview Question of the Week #165
There are many applications which are developed using an older version of SQL Server. As there are new releases happening, there are features, command, and syntax which are marked as deprecated features and might get removed in future version of SQL Server. It is always challenging for the developer to remember what is changed in the new release of SQL Server and what changes they needed to make sure that their application works with the latest version of SQL Server.