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How do I map a differential/transaction log backup to its full backup without using MSDB?

HarshDeep_Singh — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:38:26 +0000

If you have multiple full, differential and transaction log backups, there are chances you may end up facing the error below during the restore process. “ This differential backup cannot be restored because the database has not been restored to the correct...(read more)

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Change Data Capture gets disabled when you break mirroring and bring the database online

HarshDeep_Singh — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:55:16 +0000

Issue ================ Recently we encountered an issue where customer performed a planned failover for a mirrored database and after the failover the new principal went into suspect mode because of some reason (which is outside the scope...(read more)

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Change Data Capture gets disabled when you break mirroring and bring the database online

HarshDeep_Singh — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:55:16 +0000

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Do NOT delete files from the Windows Installer folder

HarshDeep_Singh — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:49:02 +0000

C:\windows\Installer is not a temporary folder and files in it should not be deleted. If you do it on machines on which you have SQL Server installed you may have to rebuild the operating system and reinstall SQL Server. The Windows Installer Cache...(read more)

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How to monitor deadlock using extended events in SQL Server 2008 and later

HarshDeep_Singh — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:32:00 +0000

Before I talk about how to monitor the deadlocks let us have a small brief what is deadlock and how we were handling them in the previous versions of SQL Server. Deadlock : A deadlock occurs when there is a cyclic dependency between two or more.....

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Ventured into BULK INSERTS

HarshDeep_Singh — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:01:57 +0000

Recently, whilst working with bulk insert queries I came across an unexpected result set which led to some more research. Therefore, following facts/tips/tricks/workarounds might help you: If you execute the following code for example: NOTE...(read more)

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How to Login to SQL Server with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM using PSExec Tool

HarshDeep_Singh — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:35:23 +0000

PSExec tool gives you an option to run a remote process or an application using System account, if SYSTEM account has permission on that application. Although there are many more features that are For example, if SQL Server has NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM...(read more)

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How to limit connections to SQL Server until all databases are ONLINE!

HarshDeep_Singh — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:32:00 +0000

Strange requirement, right? Recently, I got a peculiar case wherein the demand made by the customer was to make sure no application should be able to connect to SQL Server unless and until all the databases are ONLINE. The business requirement of thi...

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Technical videos for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

navteam — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:44:00 +0000

The Microsoft Dynamics NAV support team have posted videos on YouTube that illustrate various aspects of deployment and configuration of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, including tips for how to extend the core product. You can share the videos with other...

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Reading and Writing Unicode Files using C/AL

navteam — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:59:00 +0000

Hello, We have had some partner suggestion for adding Unicode capabilities to the existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV File functions. What we recommend is to use .NET Interop to achieve this functionality. For example, you can use an instance of the System...

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