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SQL Server Clustering get pre-installation information and choose the best practices for your environment
Before installing the SQL Server cluster there must be a checklist in order to ensure you haven't compromised on any hardcore requirement. In this regard Microsoft suggests the hardward that must be listed on this Windows Catalog and Hardware Compatibility Read More...
SQL Server 2005 Agent XPs disabled error - how to resolve this issue?
When SQL Server 2005 Management Studio's Object Browser shows the SQL Server Agent service with a red down arrow and the text Agent XP's disabled , the service is not started or disabled. This used to be a problem prior to Service Pack 2 for SQL Server Read More...
Unable to install SQL Server Express - Error SQL Server service failed to start?
Imagine a simple installation of SQL Server Express 2005 edition fails with an error "SQL Server service failed to start?" Whether it may be on a X64 based operating system or on a simple desktop with XP PRO, as usual you would go with default install Read More...
SQL Server MSDTC service - do you need it or not?
MSDTC - Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator should be installed (Service up and running) when executing the BEGIN DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION statement that controls the completion of the transaction. So to complete this transaction with a subsequent Read More...
How many DBAs you need to manage show in multi-server environment?
This sounds like a joke that "How many DBAs you need to change a light bulb?". I have come across this less technical question from SSP forum asking for recommended practices. They wanted to have information that How many servers should be managed by Read More...
Reporting Services setup in Vista, simple resolution
Recently on our Development platform we have deployed the Vista operating system to test an application against this installation. Part of the project is to deploy reports for the users using reporting services components, I was able to fix the issues Read More...
"Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching"
I believe since Windows 2000 server days you can take advantage of Indexing Service that creates indexes of the contents and properties of all files on local and network drives in order to increase file searching speed. It's quite similar to "Find Fast" Read More...
Learn about Notification Services - a tutorial
The Notification Services tutorial teaches you how to build a simple Notification Services application. The tutorial uses a SQL Server Management Studio solution to make it easy to edit tutorial files and then build the solution using SQL Server Management Read More...
SQL Server 2005 - bunch of SSIS issues
There has been lot of issues with SSIS packages since the release of SQL Server 2005 and few of them were corrected in Service pack releases. Still there are few existing on SQL 2005 editions creating issues when a script task or a script component that Read More...
How to display images in reports?
There may be requirement for the Developer to embed the images or icons in the reports that are presented to the Business Users. I'm talking about using Reporting Services here and there may be other tools that might have in-built or operative mode to Read More...
SQL Server,SSIS, WIKI - strange coincedence
SQL Server Books Online aka BOL has got various chapters that can help the users even the experienced ones to elevate their knowledge when there is any requirement, for me that is no doubt. Recently I have been going through the information for SSIS under Read More...