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SQL “PRINT” statements getting buffered and not displaying until buffer is flushed with batch is done or gets full.

Using a RAISERROR with severity of 0 and “WITH NOWAIT” will not interrupt the batch, but will immediately display the output.

Here’s an example keeping it to one line and including a timestamp…

–for first msg in batch
DECLARE @msg nvarchar(2044) = convert(varchar(20),current_timestamp,120) + ‘ – Your First Message Here’; RAISERROR(@msg, 0, 1) WITH NOWAIT;

–for rest of msgs in batch
SET @msg = convert(varchar(20),current_timestamp,120) + ‘ – Subsequent Messages Here’; RAISERROR(@msg, 0, 1) WITH NOWAIT;

GO

If you have SSRS files filling your temp drive, look for the RSTempFiles.

Default folder:

C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSRS11.MSSQLSERVERReporting ServicesRSTempFiles

You can move this folder to a different drive by copying the RSTempFiles folder to the target drive (for this example “R:RSTempFiles”).

Make sure that the SSRS service account alias has full permissions on the folder

Default local machine service account alias:

[NT SERVICEReportServer]

Locate the rsreportserver.config file

Default folder:
C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSRS11.MSSQLSERVERReporting ServicesReportServer

In this file Located the <Service> tag and add entry for FileShareStorageLocation with new path:

<Service>
  <FileShareStorageLocation>
    <Path>R:RSTempFiles</Path>
  </FileShareStorageLocation>

…
</Service>

After saving the file restart the SSRS instance.  It should start using the new location.

For more info about the files stored in this folder:


https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jgalla/2008/06/30/all-those-temporary-files-rstempfiles/

USE master;
GO

IF OBJECT_ID(‘dbo.sp_hadr_isprimary’,’P’) IS NULL
   EXEC (‘CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.sp_hadr_isprimary AS PRINT 1;’);
GO

–return 1=current instance is primary, 0=current not primary
ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.sp_hadr_isprimary
( @agname sysname = ‘AG_GROUP_NAME’ )
AS
   DECLARE @PrimaryReplica sysname
         , @ThisReplica sysname
, @retval int = 0;
BEGIN
   SET NOCOUNT ON;
   SET @ThisReplica = cast(ServerProperty(‘ServerName’) as sysname);

          SELECT @PrimaryReplica = hags.primary_replica
            FROM sys.dm_hadr_availability_group_states hags
      INNER JOIN sys.availability_groups ag
         ON ag.group_id = hags.group_id
           WHERE ag.name = @agname;

   IF UPPER(@PrimaryReplica) =  UPPER(@ThisReplica)
    BEGIN
      SET @retval = 1
    END

          SELECT @retval “IsPrimary”
               , @agname “AG_Name”
               , @PrimaryReplica “PrimaryReplica”
               , @ThisReplica “ThisReplica”
   RETURN @retval
END;
GO

Example Usage:

declare @retval int

exec @retval = master.dbo.sp_hadr_isprimary

SELECT @retval “return_value”

To start SQL Server and have it only recover the master database and leave all others offline, can use this command:

SQLServr.exe -T3608 -T3609

Also, if you have a named instance, will need to include the -s parameter with the instance name.

SQLServr.exe -T3608 -T3609 -sINSTNAME

–execute as login = ‘sa’;
–execute as user = ‘guest’;

SELECT @@version
     –current context / execute as
     , user “user” –same as user_name()
     , user_name() “user_name” 
     , current_user “current_user”  
     , session_user “session_user” 

     –current login unless execute as
     , system_user “system_user” 
     , suser_name() “suser_name”  

     –original context
     , ORIGINAL_LOGIN() “original_login” 

GO

Most of the time it is better to have separate insert/update/delete triggers if you need to do different things based on the DML type.  If you did want to have common code then could call a stored procedure with the DML type as a parameter.

In the rare instances where it may be more practical to have one trigger to rule them all, here is an example of how to check for the type of DML activity of the transaction executing the trigger.

ALTER TRIGGER dbo.tr_test_iud
   ON  dbo.test
   AFTER INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE
AS 
   DECLARE @trgtype varchar(10)
BEGIN
   SET NOCOUNT ON;

   IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM inserted)
      IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM deleted) SET @trgtype = ‘UPDATE’
      ELSE SET @trgtype = ‘INSERT’
   ELSE SET @trgtype = ‘DELETE’

   PRINT @trgtype
END
GO

Keep in mind also, it is best practice to always code for there being more than one record involved in the transaction resulting in multiple records in the insert/deleted tables.

Error: Server ‘SERVER_NAME‘ is not configured for DATA ACCESS.

Resolution:
exec sp_serveroption ‘SERVER_NAME‘, ‘data access’, ‘true’
go

Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable. Note that you can only manage SQL Server 2005 and later servers with SQL Server Configuration Manager.
Invalid namespace [0x8004100e]

This problem occurs because the WMI provider is removed when you uninstall an instance of SQL Server. The 32-bit instance and the 64-bit instance of SQL Server share the same WMI configuration file. This file is located in the %programfiles(x86)% folder.

To work around this problem, open a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

Note For this command to succeed, the Sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof file must be present in the %programfiles(x86)%Microsoft SQL ServernumberShared folder.

mofcomp “%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft SQL Server\number\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof”

The value of number depends on the version of SQL Server:nnn

Microsoft SQL Server 2016        130
Microsoft SQL Server 2014        120
Microsoft SQL Server 2012        110
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2   100
Microsoft SQL Server 2008        100
Microsoft SQL Server 2005        90

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/956013

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.trim( @val nvarchar(max) )
RETURNS nvarchar(max)
BEGIN
   DECLARE @tab nchar(1)
         , @lf nchar(1)
         , @cr nchar(1)
         , @crlf nchar(2)

   SET @tab = char(9)
   SET @lf = char(10)
   SET @cr = char(13)
   SET @crlf = char(13) + char(10)

   RETURN ( replace(replace(replace(replace(ltrim(rtrim(@val)), @tab, ”), @crlf, ”), @lf, ”), @cr, ” ) )

END  –trim()

ALTER DATABASE database-name SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK AFTER 120 SECONDS