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Create Database Default Setting

AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS

The default option is ON. How do the statistics increase the performance of your SQL Server query execution? The statistical histograms are used by the Query Optimizer to choose the optimal query execution plan. If a query predicate contains a column with statistics, the Query Optimizer does not have to estimate the number of rows... » read more

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Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

Read-Only Domain Controller or RODC is a type of domain controller which holds a read-only copy of active directory database. Why We Need an RODC? RODC is deployed in branch offices because of the following important reasons. Physical security is not guaranteed in branch offices so read-only DCs are preferred instead of write-able DCs. If... » read more

SQL Server Administration Blog Sites

Blog Sites https://blog.sqlauthority.com/

Creating Linked Servers

Link Server with a Specific Name ARCHIVE -> MyDB03 ARCHIVE is the link server name. MyDB03 is the actual database server name. Sources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/linked-servers/linked-servers-database-engine?view=sql-server-2017

RPC and RPC Out option on a SQL Server linked-server

The first RPC setting is mainly for a legacy feature called Remote Server, which is documented here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190187.aspx You probably will not be using remote servers in SQL Server 2005 -SQL Server 2014 versions. If you do happen to use “remote servers”, the RPC setting enables a certain security feature. Sources:

Rounding in SQL

Example: Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/round-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017

SQL Server DateTime Type

Data type Comments Time Only keeps track of nanoseconds in a day. There is no reference to a date.Is stored using between 3 and 5 bytes. Date Only keeps track of days, starting 01/01/01 to 31/12/9999.Takes 3 bytes for storage. SmallDateTime Can be used to store dates between 01/01/1900 and 06/06/2079.Also allow to keep track... » read more

SQL Server Setup Error – There was an error generating the XML document. Error code 0x84B10001.

Error: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\Summary.txt If we look at the start place of the error, it says System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException. This means that there are some issues while encryption of the data. And the real error message is “The requested operation cannot be completed. The computer must be trusted for delegation and the current user account... » read more