April 2020

How to work with a collation

Collations in SQL Server provide sorting rules, case, and accent sensitivity properties for your data. Collations that are used with character data types, such as char and varchar, dictate the code page and corresponding characters that can be represented for that data type. Different options you see in the collation name. CS – case-sensitiveAI – accent-insensitiveKS – kana …

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How to use extended events to catch all error in SQL Server

SQL Server The Extended Events architecture enables users to collect as much or as little data as is necessary to troubleshoot or identify a performance problem. Extended Events is configurable, and it scales very well. Benefits Extended Events Extended Events is a lightweight performance monitoring system that uses minimal performance resources. Extended Events provides two …

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How to find /change SPN configuration

A service principal name (SPN) is a unique identifier of a service instance. SPNs are used by Kerberos authentication to associate a service instance with a service logon account. This allows a client application to request that the service authenticate an account even if the client does not have the account name. If you install multiple instances …

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