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Check our Tip of the Week, where in this week, we discuss about the modern servicing model for SQL Server 2017 and later. Tip of the Week #17 Starting with SQL Server 2017, the servicing model for SQL Server has changed. One of the major changes, is that Microsoft releases a series of Cumulative Updates … Read more…
Hi friends! In this article, we will be answering different frequently asked questions about SQL Server In-Memory OLTP. We will begin with the basics and then move to more advanced-level questions. What is SQL Server In-Memory OLTP? SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, is a powerful engine, seamlessly integrated into the SQL Server Engine (version 2014 and … Read more…
Hi friends! In this post, which is related to SQL Server failover clustering, we will talk about how you can resolve the issue of not being able to add a node to a Server failover cluster, due to the fact that one of the service accounts (i.e. SQL Server or SQL Server Agent, or both) … Read more…
When developing in SQL Server, under certain circumstances, you might get the error message: Operand type clash: int is incompatible with uniqueidentifier. In this article, we will be discussing about, why you got that message, what’s wrong in your T-SQL script and how to fix it. About the above “Operand type clash: error … Read more…
Under certain circumstances, when upgrading SQL Server Reporting Services Standard Edition, for example from SSRS 2012 or 2014 to SSRS 2017 or 2019, you might get the following error message when trying to start the Reporting Services service: “The feature “Scale-out deployment” is not supported in this edition of Reporting Services“. But first, let’s discuss … Read more…
In this article, we are going to see, step by step, via an example, how we can connect to SQL Server from a Python program using an ODBC connection and the pyodbc module. For this article’s example, I will be using Visual Studio Code, with the MS Python extension. Prior to start reading the article, … Read more…
This is a quick but useful tip, on how to change the font and size of Grid or Text Results in SSMS. For changing the font and/or size of Grid results in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS): Within SSMS, navigate to the “Tools” menu, then “Options”, “Fonts and Colors” and select to “Show settings … Read more…
Hi friends! Today we announce another new free online service just for you, the SQL Server Community! This new service is titled “SQL Server OS Requirements Info“, and as the name implies, by using this service, you can quickly retrieve useful information, about the OS requirements for any version and edition of SQL Server! You … Read more…
Under certain circumstances, it might happen when trying to add a feature to an existing SQL Server installation (i.e. adding SQL Server Integration Services), to get the following error message: “The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable“. The above error message, might be referring to Microsoft SQL … Read more…
Installing SQL Server, especially on standalone servers, is a relatively easy process. However, efficiently installing SQL Server, is a whole different story. Via this article, I will be sharing with you, some useful tips regarding SQL Server Installation and Setup Best Practices. The list of best practices presented in this article, is not exhaustive, but … Read more…
Finding the Windows OS version of a single SQL Server machine is easy. There many ways you can do it. However, what about when you work with hundreds of SQL Server instances? How can you efficiently generate a report with the OS versions? This article discusses some of the methods you can use to find … Read more…
Hi friends! In this post, I’m sharing with you a useful infographic I created for my Online Course “Entity Framework: Getting Started (Complete Beginners Guide)“. This infographic, provides a quick overview of the Entity Framework in .NET, it describes what it is, how it works and what are its workflows that allow you to build … Read more…
In this article, we will be discussing about the error message: “Microsoft SSIS Service failed to start. Configuration system failed to initialize”. We will talk about what this error message means, as well as, how you can resolve it. About the “Microsoft SSIS Service failed to start” Issue It happened at some point to … Read more…
I have been writing software since I was 10. I enjoy the challenge of solving different problems with the use of simple, yet powerful software tools. My latest initiative in the last few years was SQLArtBits, and before that, Artemiou Data Tools. Via Artemiou Data Tools and SQLArtBits, I have released useful SQL Server tools. … Read more…
This article provides different SQL Server index rebuild scripts. Script 1: Rebuild all indexes in a SQL Server database with specifying the Fill Factor: –Rebuild all indexes in a database –Note: You need to specify the fill factor USE [DatabaseName] GO EXEC sp_MSforeachtable @command1=”print ‘?’ DBCC DBREINDEX (‘?’, ‘ ‘, 90)”; GO Script 2: … Read more…