Questions tagged [troubleshooting]
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SSRS error "something went wrong please try again later" in web portal
I have a brand new installation of SQL Server Reporting Services 2019 on top of MSSQL 2019 Enterprise CU1.
SSRS has been installed and configured using default settings, apart from the service account ...
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Rows deleted in the subscriber - what to do? - SQL Server Transactional Replication
Someone has delete by mistake a row of a table in the subscribed server/database.
I am getting the following error message:
The row was not found at the Subscriber when applying the replicated
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Unable to create and install pgAgent service
I'm trying to install pgAgent on my device. During the installation using the stackbuilder, the last step requires me to add the operating system username and password as below:
However, after ...
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Average Density & cardinality estimation
In a large web application we had a query that was running slow in code, that seemed to be working blazing fast in SSMS. After checking the basics like the same SET options, we found that there was ...
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Operational stats mention the same table twice, what does this mean?
While investigating why my application mentions deadlocking, I fell upon this question, whose answer mentions an SQL query, showing operational logs. However, the results of that query contain the ...
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Periodically very slow execution of simplest queries
Inspecting MySQL slow query log I found out that in certain periods of time there are a bunch of queries in log which are supposed to be very fast but were actually very slow.
For example:
# User@...
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How do I find out what's causing processes to wait for table flush?
I'm currently using MariaDB 10.3 and am troubleshooting this case where threads will start to build up until the MySQL service eventually has to be restarted. I was able to capture the process list ...
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Find which IP added a specific record to a table in SQL Server
Let's say I have an SQL Server running on Azure and multiple applications add records to it.
The problem is that some records come from an unknown application.
Is there a nice way of finding which IP ...
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SQL SERVER FileTable/FILESTREAM share suddenly becomes unavailable
We had difficulty setting up a FileTable share on a SQL 2014 instance and after giving up on trying to name it after our instance name, we left the name of the share as mssqlserver, but it finally ...
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Activity Monitor paused
Some of our end-users still like to use the Activity Monitor in SQL Server.
When setting up our SQL-server 2016 servers the activity monitor always ends up in a paused state when the users are not ...
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Potential causes for unusually long queries (postgres)
Recently we've noticed some SELECT queries taking an unusually long time to complete and are a bit stumped on what the reason could be.
Looking at DB (and server) CPU and IO during the time the ...
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Why do some SQL Server databases go into a "Recovery Pending" state after shutting down / restarting on Linux?
I built a secondary PC from old parts as a server for SQL Server databases and I went with Linux/Ubuntu 20.04 because it's free. I knew it would not be easy to set this up (I'm rather a Windows user) ...
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When queries start executing on standby server the replay lag starts to increase
I have a two servers with following specs:
8 vCPU, 32768 MB RAM, 640 GB SSD
The master Postgres 13.3 database (db1) is installed on first server (Ubuntu 16.04.7) with the following config:
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DBA - Checklist Question- TempDB Is Full
I'm trying to create some checklists for troubleshooting various issues, in this case, when TempDb is full. I'd like a prioritized repeatable process where possible to help me out in a hurry.
When ...
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What can cause a mirroring session to timeout then failover?
We have two production SQL Servers running SQL Server 2005 SP4 with cumulative update 3. Both servers run on physical machines that are identical. DELL PowerEdge R815 with 4 x 12 core CPUs and 512GB (...
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Troubleshoting slow running queries/jobs in Azure Databricks
I have Azure Databricks workspace with cluster configured to run Standard 6.4 runtime (Apache Spark 2.4.5, Scala 2.11). Cluster uses shared metastore (Azure MySQL). I'm trying to figure out possible ...
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How to fix a messed up replication on MS SQL Server
I restored a database from a backup. The database uses replication to publish to a different server. Assuming the database restore would break the replication, I tried to delete the replication and re-...
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Cleaning up orphaned metadata in information_schema
OK - so the server (Percona 5.6 in this case) 'went away' in the middle of declaring a constraint like so:
alter table mytable
add constraint fk_mytable_myothertable
foreign key (myothertable_id)
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PostgreSQL CPU 100% after configure Wal log shipping hot standby
I have configured Hight Avaliabily WAL Log Shipping Hot Standby (SSL) with one node. But after I configure, both hosts (primary and secondary) take 100% CPU usage.
The most strange is because I have ...
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Case overcounting what is expected
So I am attempting to setup a query that can track actions that are automated within our web system.
The first thing I am attempting to check is the reminders we are sending out to customers.
I have ...
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How to troubleshoot orm queries interfering with other applications
Well, it's hypothetical scenario but what I'm trying to understand is the path to go from a post-morten log (say, an SQL Server Profiler trace) to identify the code on a ORM situation. To make it not ...
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dbmail failing to send intermittently [duplicate]
We have a SQL Agent job that runs daily that sends emais out to our drivers with their schedules for the next day.
For 85% of drivers, the emails are not getting out of the SQL server. The other 15% ...
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The service broker is administratively disabled
I have just restored some databases what use service broker from LIVE to staging.
it is not working and when I put a profile trace to run it only shows messages related to database id 1 and 4, ...
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PostgreSQL slow query log entries contain no query details, only duration
I have a PostgreSQL RDS instance hosted in AWS. I have set the log_min_duration_statement setting to 1 second. When checking my log for slow queries I found the following six entries which don't ...
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Can a query that executes quickly still be a poorly written query? [closed]
This is more of a theoretical question and here is some background. Our system uses MySQL and was experiencing some slowdowns late in the day. Running SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST showed me around 10 rows ...
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Some timeout in query store but get all SP:Starting and SP:Completed in profiler
I have a report SP running. The user complaint report timeout sometimes. And I do get some canceled execution plan in my query store.
But in my profiler tracing file, every SP:Starting has its SP:...
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What is hot spotting in the context of adding files to tempdb?
I'm trying to find out whether it is possible to add tempdb files to a SQL Server without having to restart the SQL Server service. I saw this answer here on Database Administrators:
Tempdb Add files ...
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SQL Server 2005 merge replication failure
We have a customer who, when trying to sync a client (subscriber) to the server (publisher,) receives the following error:
2012-11-30 21:03:33.334 Percent Complete: 18
2012-11-30 21:03:33.334 Data ...
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Increase memory limit when server is stopped
There was a local SQL Server 2012 instance. Once memory has decreased to critical 128 MB and then has stopped by me.
I can not start it (idea: not enough memory).
Is it possible to increase this ...
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Troubleshooting a slow performing encrypted stored procedure
I have a stored procedure which is part of a vendor supplied system. The stored procedure is encrypted so we can't see the code.
The stored procedure has all of a sudden started to run slow.
The ...
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Max worker thread exceeded after manual AG failover
We have two SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU6 Enterprise running on physical hardware (32 cores) with one AG that contains 5 db's. The secondary is not readable. Today we did a planned manual failover, so we ...
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MySQL Server :: My C Code can remotely create a database, but not "INSERT INTO" it
I’ve written a C program which does the following when it starts:
Connects to a remote Linux MySQL server over the network
Creates a new, uniquely-named database
Sends a “USE _____” command to ...
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Replicaton - The current transaction cannot be committed and cannot be rolled back to a savepoint
After creating a replication publication, I go ahead and create a subscription using the script below:
-----------------BEGIN: Script to be run at Publisher 'MY_PUBLISHER_SERVER'--------------
use [...
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is it possible to trim the table output for a specific job?
I have a routine to save the logins and apply them on a different server , and I run this routine from a job that I have scheduled to run everyday.
On that job I have specified these 3 things:
Log ...
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service broker - poison message - how to handle? how to enable poison messase handling?
I am getting constantly this error message on service broker:
POISON MSSAGE - Message Removed from the queue to allow other messages
to proceed - ApplicationID: 377411
select top 1000
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sp_WhoIsActive vs sp_BlitzFirst @ExpertMode = 1
I use sp_WhoIsActive and sp_BlitzFirst (with ExpertMode paramter set to 1) to get an overview of what is happening on the SQL Server in real time. I find these to be an upgrade on sp_who, sp_who2 etc.....
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length of the result exceeds the > length limit (2GB) of the target large type
Getting the following error message on the Sql Server Error Log:
SQLServer Error: 599, WRITE: The length of the result exceeds the
length limit (2GB) of the target large type. [SQLSTATE 42000]
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Imposssible to expand a database in SQL Server Management Studio
I am experiecing a strange problem. I have a SQL Server 20008 R2 instance that recently (after years of running smoothly) started to become slow.
One symptom that I notice is that when working from ...
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SQLServerAgent Error: 32
A job that "will Recycle SQL Server Agent Error Logs once every week on Sunday at 12:00:00 AM." has been failing this weekend on SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Enterprise.
This job executes a system stored ...
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how to query SSISDB to find out the errors in the packages?
I have seen this question
SSIS 2012 - How to Query Currently Running Packages in T-SQL?
It gives me the following script:
SELECT
E.execution_id
, E.folder_name
, E.project_name
, E....
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Find all IP's or users who access a specific SQL Server
Let's say I found a SQL Server and I have no idea which applications connect to it. Maybe I find one application but I am not sure if it is the only one using it.
Is there a nice way of finding all ...
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How can I trace the root cause of a MySQL database table that crashed?
Are there any standard practices or methods for tracing the cause of a MySQL table crash?
If I repair a table that had crashed, how do I determine what caused it to crash in the first place?
Storage ...
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Clients timing out with no apparent reason
I have a SQL Server 2005 server that's been running fine most of the time.
Today the users started to get time outs when opening new connections, including myself when I tried to open another tab on ...
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"SSIS Evaluation Period Has Expired" on Dev Instance?
I recently started receiving the following error on a dev server. At one point SQL Server 2016 CTP was installed here but we've upgraded since then. I've tried uninstalling / reinstalling SSIS as well ...
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Why my transaction has not been replicated? What was the transaction sequence number?
I have been troubleshooting a replication problem, according to the picture below:
with reference to the picture above,
the bit that says
Sessions of the distribution agent
I can get using the ...
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How to run SQL Profiler to monitor 1 specific stored procedure? [duplicate]
I have an issue where a stored procedure will run properly when executed from SQL Management Studio, but when the stored procedure is called from an application, it doesn't return the results to the ...
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SQL Server unusual behavior on LOB insertion
We are facing unusual behavior on a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance. We have a small .NET application, which we use to insert images and pdf files inside database as VARBINARY. Sometimes, we are facing ...
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Sleeping SPID blocking other transactions
I'm really having trouble tracking down some blocking we are experiencing.
The root blocking SPID's status is 'sleeping', the cmd is 'AWAITING COMMAND', and the sqltext is SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION ...
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Informix Server Rejected Connection
What are possible causes for the following error?
DB Error: connect failed [nativecode=08004 [unixODBC][Informix]
[Informix ODBC Driver [Informix]Server rejected the connection.]
I have doubled ...
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SQL Server uses too much CPU
I have a VM 2012 R2 server with SQL Server 2014 Express SP2 installed. There are some applications and databases, but nothing too big. Databases are small, about 100MB size combined.
At some moment (...
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