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In the world of .NET development, encountering CLR errors is not uncommon, and one of the most frequently faced issues is the “System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.” error. In this article, we will be discussing about the possible root causes of this error and explore … Read more…
Hi friends! In this article, we’ll be discussing about “SQL Server error 262: CREATE DATABASE permission denied in database ‘database_name’, and how you can resolve it. About the above “permission denied” error This error serves as a reminder that not every user in a SQL Server environment has the authority to create databases. This … Read more…
The error message “SQL Server error 18456: Login failed for user <username>‘” may appear, under certain circumstances, when you attempt to access your SQL Server database using a specified username and password. In this article, we’ll be discussing about how you can resolve the issue. How to Resolve the “Login Failed for User” Error … Read more…
Hi friends, in this short article, we will be discussing about, how you can resolve the following issue that might occur under certain circumstances, when launching SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.x: Unable to load DLL ‘Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.x86.dll’ The Error Message The exact error message is the below: Cannot connect to [instance name] —————————— … Read more…
Hi friends, in this article, we’ll be discussing about an error message you might get under certain circumstances, when installing SQL Server. The title of the error is Rule “Setup account privileges” failed and more specifically it reports the following: The account that is running SQL Server Setup doesn’t have one or all of the … Read more…
Hi friends, in this article, we will be discussing about the case where you might be updating or patching a SQL Server instance, and under certain circumstances you get the error message: The Database Engine system data directory in the registry is not valid. The Error Message The exact error message in the above … Read more…
Hi friends, in this article, we will be discussing about how to troubleshoot the following error message: “Event ID: 9642. An error occurred in a SQL Server Service Broker/Database Mirroring transport connection endpoint.“. About the Service Broker/Database Mirroring transport connection endpoint error We can see from the error message, that it refers to a … Read more…
In this article, we will be discussing about the File Activation error message in SQL Server and ways to resolve it. The File Activation Error Message in SQL Server In some cases, under certain circumstances, when creating a new database in SQL Server using a T-SQL script that among other, specifies the physical location … Read more…
In this article, we will be discussing about the error message “SQL Server is Terminating Because of Fatal Exception 80000003” and how to troubleshoot it. In more detail, the error message to talk about is: SQL Server is terminating due to fatal exception 80000003. This error can be caused by an unhandled Win32 or C … Read more…
Hi friends, in this post, we will be discussing about how you can resolve the SQL Server CTE Error: Incorrect syntax near ‘)’. What are Common Table Expressions (CTEs)? In SQL Server and more specifically in T-SQL, a CTE is a temporary named result set, from which you can then select records. CTEs are … Read more…
Hi friends. In this article, we will be discussing about, how you can manually remove a Report Server instance from a Power BI Report Server Scale-out deployment configuration. Why Manually Removing a Report Server Instance from a Power BI Report Server Scale-Out Configuration? There can be many reasons for doing that. However, the most … Read more…
Hi friends, this post, discusses about how you can resolve the following SQL Server-related error message: initerrlog: could not open error log file ”. Operating system error=3 (The system cannot find the path specified). What does the above error message mean? The above error message, as it describes, means that SQL Server cannot find … Read more…
Hi friends! In this post, which is related to SQL Server failover clustering, we will talk about how you can resolve the issue of not being able to add a node to a Server failover cluster, due to the fact that one of the service accounts (i.e. SQL Server or SQL Server Agent, or both) … Read more…
Hi friends, in this post, we will discuss about how you can fix the issue, where SQL Server Agent might not be showing up in a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI). SQL Server Agent not showing in Failover Cluster If you have a SQL Server failover cluster, and you cannot see SQL Server Agent … Read more…
When working with SQL Server replication and you try to add a new subscription under a local publication, under certain circumstances you might end up with the error message: Cannot connect to … SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to make a connection to the server. Specify the actual server name (Replication.Utilities). … Read more…