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Troubleshooting problems with locking in SQL Server 2012

Troubleshooting problems with locking in SQL Server 2012 If you have problems with SQL Server 2012 locking, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2012 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2012 locking bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack. At the time...

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Some tips for using SQL Server 2012 Database Console Commands

Some tips for using SQL Server 2012 Database Console Commands Try to run the DBCC commands when there are no other disk I/O operations, such as disk backups, replication and so on. Use DBCC CHECKFILEGROUP instead of DBCC CHECKDB, if you need to check only specified filegroup, not entire database. If your database contains several filegroups and you need to...

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Troubleshooting problems with connection to SQL Server 2012

Troubleshooting problems with connection to SQL Server 2012 If you have problems with connection to SQL Server 2012, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2012 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2012 connection bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack. At the...

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Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 Log Shipping

Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 Log Shipping If you have problems with SQL Server 2012 log shipping, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2012 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2012 log shipping bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack. At the time...

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Some tips to use System Monitor with SQL Server 2012

Some tips to use System Monitor with SQL Server 2012 Don’t monitor counters you don’t need. The more counters you monitor, the more overhead that is required to perform the monitoring. So, to boost the System Monitor performance, you should monitor only those counters that you need. Stop all screen-saver and anti-virus programs on a computer you run System Monitor....

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Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 System Stored Procedures

Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 System Stored Procedures If you have problems with SQL Server 2012 system stored procedures, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2012 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2012 system stored procedures bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack....

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Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 full-text search

Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 full-text search If you have problems with SQL Server 2012 full-text search, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2012 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2012 full-text search bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack. At the time...

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Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 backup/restore problems

Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012 backup/restore problems If you have problems with SQL Server 2012 backup or restore, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2012 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2012 backup/restore bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack. At the time...

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Tips for using indexes in SQL Server 2012

Tips for using indexes in SQL Server 2012 Keep your indexes as narrow as possible. Because each index takes disk space try to minimize the index key’s size to avoid using superfluous disk space. This reduces the number of reads required to read the index and boost overall index performance. Check that index you tried to create does not already...

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Tips for designing SQL Server 2012 tables

Tips for designing SQL Server 2012 tables Try to reduce the number of columns in a table. The fewer the number of columns in a table, the less space the table will use, since more rows will fit on a single data page, and less I/O overhead will be required to access the table’s data. Use char/varchar columns instead of...

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