SQL Server

What is Instant File Initialization and How to enable it on SQL Server Instance?

Instant file initialization is very useful feature to speedup the process of increasing or allocating data file space of a…

How to update License Key or Product Key of SQL Server Instance

I was working in a project where I came to know client was using MSDN licenses on production environment. Though…

Why is table row count showing incorrect value in sys.partitions or in DMV sys.dm_db_partition_stats

Last week, I had a requirement to check the row counts of all the tables present in a database. I…

How to Install SQL Server Agent on Red Hat Linux Server

SQL Server Agent is very useful in automating any database activities. By default, it is not installed along with SQL…

Installing SQL Tools on Red Hat Linux

I have shown you how to install SQL Server on Redhat Linux Server in my last article. Here I will…

How to Install SQL Server on Redhat Linux

Earlier SQL Server used to run only on Windows platform till SQL Server 2016 version. Now we can host our…

How to Get Row Count of All Tables of a Database

Last week, I had a requirement to check the row count of all tables having a specific schema of databases.…

How to Fix SQL Server Configuration Manager Issue: MMC could not create the snap-in

We had successfully installed SQL Server on this server but we have received error "MMC could not create the snap-in"…

How to Check and Install .NET framework 3.5 on your Server

We must Install .NET framework 3.5 as prerequisite to install SQL Server on Windows Operating System. We need to manually…

How to Install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server without Internet – Offline Installation

SQL Server Agent runs scheduled SQL Server jobs and is very useful to automate database tasks. Here i will show…