Tag: TSQL

SQL Server: Fix – The server principal “elevated_user_login” is not able to access the database “my_database” under the current security context

The Error: This error wasted my morning. Although I have solved this issue before, it took a while to google and fix it again. So, this post is for my own edification and reference if for no other reason! --Proc [MyProcedureName] started AT:2020-10-13 09:49:43.4632735Msg 916, Level 14, State 1, Procedure MySchemaName.MyProcedureName, Line 31 [Batch Start … Continue reading SQL Server: Fix – The server principal “elevated_user_login” is not able to access the database “my_database” under the current security context

SQL Server: Fix: Transaction (Process ID) was deadlocked on lock | communication buffer resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction

I have a nightly SQL Agent job that aggregates backup information from system views to power a Power BI dashboard that the DBA's review periodically for database backup failures. It is actually a PowerShell job that runs every night in parallel to collect the data from hundreds of instances (both SQL Server and Oracle). As … Continue reading SQL Server: Fix: Transaction (Process ID) was deadlocked on lock | communication buffer resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction

SQL Server: Delete In Chunks To Avoid Log Growth

Today, I had to perform a DELETE that happened to remove quite a bit of data. This caused two issues for me Log file growth which fills up the Transaction Log of the DB TempDB was getting full To avoid both problems I deleted in chunks. OPTION #1: DELETEing in Chunks is easier than you … Continue reading SQL Server: Delete In Chunks To Avoid Log Growth

SQL Server: Compare Database Tables/Indexes/Views/SP’s etc. For Differences Across Instances

There are a bunch of tools in the market to do the database comparisons for differences but if you want to do it for free (and programmatically)  at a basic level, you could use the method outlined below. For me, this came about as a result of an user asking "So, what is different between … Continue reading SQL Server: Compare Database Tables/Indexes/Views/SP’s etc. For Differences Across Instances

SQL Server – Space – Data And Log File Growth Auto-Grow History TSQL

I apologize for the lull in my blogging. After most of my blog posts were completely ripped off by a Chinese website (full copy/paste or web-crawl and replace my name type plagiarism) a switch just flipped in my brain. I am trying again after submitting complaints with Google (Thanks to Brent Ozar for the guidance) … Continue reading SQL Server – Space – Data And Log File Growth Auto-Grow History TSQL