SQL Server security best practice

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Change the Collation Settings in MS SQL Server

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Resolve collation conflict

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Book: SQL Server 2008 High Availability

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Why to recompile Stored Procedure

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11/23/2011

Download SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU2

MS has recently released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 2 Released‏ which has fixes reported after SQL Server 2008 SP 3, this build version is  10.00.5768.00.
Below are the bugs that have been fixed in this CU:
  1. FIX: A backup operation on a SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 database fails if you enable change tracking on this database
  2. FIX: CLR stored procedure returns NULL after it is recompiled in SQL Server 2008 R2
  3. FIX: Access violation when you insert a record into a new empty partition in SQL Server 2008
There are few more things we have to keep in consideration while applying this CU:
Pre-install:
1) You should be running on SQL Server SP3, if you haven't installed SP3 for SQL Server here is the link from where you can obtain SP3, Link => http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968382
Post-install:
* It is advisable to reboot the system once CU is applied
Please make sure you test the CU in Dev/QA/UAT environment before you apply it in the PROD environment.
Here is the link from where you can download the SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU2, link => http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633143/en-us

-- Hemantgiri S. Goswami (http://www.sql-server-citation.com )

11/08/2011

Download SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2010 Developer Training Kit which includes :



  • Labs
  • Demos
  • and, Presentations



This kit will greatly help you learning Developer and BI Solutions.


One will require to have Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to install this kit. Once you have download the kit, launch the installer and it will ask you which lab, demos and presentations you want to include and install them based on your choice.


Sounds interesting? Grab it from the link


-- Hemantgiri S. Goswami (http://www.sql-server-citation.com )

11/07/2011

Resolving 701 There is insufficient system memory to run this query

In recent past while working on an assignment I have encounter an error 701 There is insufficient system memory to run this query . I had a quick look at the server and noticed that server is not configured proper for max memory, and have suggested client to make changes to the max memory settings for the server. While I've suggested changes I have quote two articles, thought they would be a help to you as well to understand better on how SQL Server Memory managed. An article by SQL Server MVP Jonathan Kehayias will help you understand the memory management very well. 




1) http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/08/24/troubleshooting-the-sql-server-memory-leak-or-understanding-sql-server-memory-usage.aspx


2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912439

-- Hemantgiri S. Goswami (http://www.sql-server-citation.com)