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SQL Server: Two MERGE statements are blocking each other on a large partitioned table

Have a large table partitioned on an INT column. When I run two different MERGE statements on two different partitions of this table, they seem to be blocking each other. Example: -- Large table ...
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create_date and modify_date for sys.objects in MSSQL shows same date

I am trying to figure out when is the create date of a user defined object in the database. but when I ran a select query on sys.sysobjects, it seems create_date is the same as modify_date. Is this by ...
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error when re-applying the permissions script into the original database - sql server

when I run the following script: -- ——— SCRIPT GRANTS for Object Privileges————— IF OBJECT_ID('[sys].[sysrowsets]') IS NOT NULL GRANT CONTROL on [sys].[sysrowsets] to [db_myrole_BA] I get this ...
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Alter table - add a new column as the first column in the table - sql server

Before doing a restore of a database I check how much space I have in each drive on the destination server. I use this script: IF OBJECT_ID ('tempdb..#FREE_SPACE_DRIVES','u') IS NOT NULL BEGIN DROP ...
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Extracting a special text from a given text in sql server

I have a text like this : 1XXXXXXXX/ZZZZZMR-A2 .L/TY7R7 .R/DOCS HK1/P/IRQ/A11111111/IRQ/27AUG66/M/25SEP32/XXXXXXXX/ZZZZZ .R/TKNE HK1 2222222222222/1 1QQQQQQ/WWWWWWMS-B4 .L/TY7HZ .R/DOCS HK1/P/IRN/...
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SQL Server - connecting to wrong instance?

So, I've ... inherited a SQL server environment. With LanSweeper, I see this particular server has two instances installed: sql001AK and sql001M5. LanSweeper tells me they have similar databases, ...
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SQL Server 2016 upgrade

We need to upgrade our SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2019. We are also using replication for our test and production environments. What my question is: what are the downfalls of upgrading from SQL ...
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Extra NESTED LOOP / INNER JOIN causing NO JOIN PREDICATE warning

I have the following tables in my database. LastNames Table CREATE TABLE [dbo].[LastNames]( [LastNameID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [LastName] [varchar](50) NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GO ...
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In SQL Server database mail is not working

Database mail is not working: Below Error while sending a test mail Mail not queued. Database Mail is stopped. Use sysmail_start_sp to start Database Mail. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 14641) Checked ...
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Reduce primary DATAFILE size for an SQL Server Database 2016

In an AG always on configuration (primary) I have a database with 10TB datafile, 50% of the datafile is a free space. Then, I want to reduce this DATAFILE from 10TB to 8TB. How to proceed for that ...
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snapshot to apply just the schema changes - not the data

I am restoring databases to each side of my transactional and merge replications. Basically the publication and the subscriber are the same database initially. I still need to run the snapshot agent ...
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ApplicationIntent = ReadOnly and Writes queries

I'm confused about behavior of connection string that specifies ApplicationIntent = ReadOnly and write queries in SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition. Let's say, Availability Group has a primary - X1 ...
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Trying to renumber a field in order grouping by another

So I have a table that has a column labeled 'sequence', it is not in fact a sequence data type, just a numeric field that translates in the object model to show items in a certain order. In a handful ...
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Intermittent Error On SQLServer Hourly Database Backup Maintenance Plan

Some of our SQLServer machines' hourly maintenance plan with Back Up Database Tasks are failing intermittently, around once or twice per week. The next hourly execution runs without any issue. Each ...
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Data Loss and data redeundancy when forced failed over to secondary replica on DR Data Center in SQL Server 2016

We are using SQL Server 2016 Enterprise edition and planning to have 2 datacenters primary and the remote Disaster recovery(DR). We have 2 replicas (primary replica and secondary replica) in the ...
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