SQL Server: Fix Msg 8630, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 – Internal Query Processor Error: The query processor encountered an unexpected error during execution (HRESULT = 0x80040e19).

This is going to be a quick reference for people encountering this error and to do the fix more than a blog post but I do show a small trick on how to do an UPDATE in chunks 😉 The Error: I ran into this error with (Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP4-GDR) (KB4057116) - 11.0.7462.6 … Continue reading SQL Server: Fix Msg 8630, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 – Internal Query Processor Error: The query processor encountered an unexpected error during execution (HRESULT = 0x80040e19).

SQL Server: Fix – Msg 1204, Level 19, State 4 – The instance of the SQL Server Database Engine cannot obtain a LOCK resource at this time…

This is an error that does not happen often. In fact, I came across this for the first time when one of my co-workers Inken HOEIJMANS asked me about this. With her permission, I am reproducing her code solution here. Thank you Inken! She was trying to run a MERGE statement using a large source … Continue reading SQL Server: Fix – Msg 1204, Level 19, State 4 – The instance of the SQL Server Database Engine cannot obtain a LOCK resource at this time…

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

Oracle: Resolve “ORA-01704: string literal too long” and/or Non-ANSI Language Character Display Issues

You may experience issues when it comes to special characters. It could be DML (Insert/Update/Delete) where the data is not stored properly (or) display related (SELECT) where the characters do not display correctly as they are stored in the database. You could resolve both. Please continue reading on how to. Straight-forward case: The error "ORA-01704: … Continue reading Oracle: Resolve “ORA-01704: string literal too long” and/or Non-ANSI Language Character Display Issues

SQL Server: Time To Switch Schema Of All Objects Away From “dbo”

What are Schemas for? All of you are familiar with the default and built-in schema "dbo". When you create an object without a schema, "dbo" becomes the schema for the object. Generally, it is NOT considered a good practice from a manageability or security perspective to have everything owned by "dbo". The alternative is to … Continue reading SQL Server: Time To Switch Schema Of All Objects Away From “dbo”