Troubleshooting SQL Server Management Studio with SQL Profiler and Debugging...
(An alternate title for this post could be “How to debug SSMS managed code”) In the first 2 posts of this topic we used SQL Profiler and some common sense to diagnose a problem within SSMS. Then we...
View ArticleAccess Denied error when running SQL Server Transfer Objects Task with a...
Should you try to configure an SSIS package which uses the Transfer Objects Task, and then execute this package through SQL Agent, when you choose to run the task as a proxy credential, as opposed to...
View ArticleScript to run in SQL Server Agent to monitor DMVs, log results and take...
Here’s a script to play with which is useful for simple management tasks. I wrote it to help someone with a TokenAndPermUserStore cache issue (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927396/) which are...
View ArticleThe SQL Server Support Team in Stockholm is hiring
Update 23th August This position has now been filled – thanks for everything who submitted their CVs. The Microsoft SQL Server support team in Stockholm is looking to hire a contractor to help out over...
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The Forefront TMG/UAG team in Stockholm is hiring
Following the success of my previous post about recruitment, we’re advertising another position from a different support group also located here in Stockholm. You can read the details here...
View ArticleSQL Server performance problems due to high privileged CPU time when running...
It’s very rare that I tell people to blindy apply service packs or hotfixes (especially windows ones) without first analyzing where their performance problem lies, but if you are running SQL Server...
View ArticleExtended Event to track and trace syntax errors
This might sounds like a strange requirement, but it can be converted to do a number of different things. The scenario is that for reason I won’t discuss here, I want to track any user / application...
View ArticleCompatibility problems between DMO and SMO connectivity on newer versions of...
We’ve recently been looking at a problem which triggered this error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]To connect to this server you must use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server...
View ArticleSQL Server blocking caused by database mirroring wait type DBMIRROR_DBM_EVENT
I was looking at a problem this morning about long blocking chains caused by the wait type DBMIRROR_DBM_EVENT, and it makes an interesting case study about database mirroring, blocking, undocumented...
View ArticleThe end of the line
Today is my last day at Microsoft. I’m off to do something completely different, joining a small Scandinavian tech company called Basefarm. You can continue to find me online here:...
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