Category Archives: SQL Server

What is Orphan User and Script to fix the Orphan Users

Orphan User:

An orphan user is a user in a SQL Server database that is not associated with a SQL Server login.


-- Script to check the orphan user
EXEC sp_change_users_login 'Report'
--Use below code to fix the Orphan User issue
DECLARE @username varchar(25)
DECLARE fixOrphanusers CURSOR
FOR
SELECT UserName = name FROM sysusers
WHERE issqluser = 1 and (sid is not null and sid <> 0x0)
and suser_sname(sid) is null
ORDER BY name
OPEN fixOrphanusers
FETCH NEXT FROM fixOrphanusers
INTO @username
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_change_users_login 'update_one', @username, @username
FETCH NEXT FROM fixOrphanusers
INTO @username
END
CLOSE fixOrphanusers
DEALLOCATE fixOrphanusers

FAQs .Net Assembly

How is the DLL Hell problem solved in .NET?  Assembly versioning allows the application to specify not only the library it needs to run (which was available under Win32), but also the version of the assembly. 

How to deploy .Net assembly? An MSI installer, a CAB archive, and XCOPY command. 

What is a satellite assembly and what is the use of it? When you write a multilingual or multi-cultural application in .NET, and want to distribute the core application separately from the localized modules, the localized assemblies that modify the core application are called satellite assemblies. 

What namespaces are necessary to create a localized application? System.Globalization and System.Resources. 

What is the smallest unit of execution in .NET? An Assembly is the smallest unit of execution in .Net 

When should you call the garbage collector in .NET? It is recommended that, you should not call the garbage collector.  However, you could call the garbage collector when you are done using a large object (or set of objects) to force the garbage collector to dispose of those very large objects from memory. 

How do you convert a value-type to a reference-type? Use Boxing 

What happens in memory when you Box and Unbox a value-type?

Boxing converts a value-type to a reference-type, thus storing the object on the heap.  Unboxing converts a reference-type to a value-type, thus storing the value on the stack

DBCC TRACEON / DBCC TRACEOFF/ DBCC TRACESTATUS

DBCC TRACEON / DBCC TRACEOFF/ DBCC TRACESTATUS

DBCC TRACEON – Enable trace flags.
DBCC TRACEOFF – Disable trace flags.
DBCC TRACESTATUS – Display the status of trace flags.

–>  Turn flag on for only the session level 

DBCC TRACEON (1222)

DBCC TRACEON (1205,1222)
GO

–> Turn flag on globally at server for all the sessions

DBCC TRACEON (1222, -1)
GO

— >Turn flag off

DBCC TRACEOFF (1222);
GO

–> Show flag status

DBCC TRACESTATUS (1205,1222)

DBCC TRACESTATUS (-1)

Login failed for user ‘sa’ because the account is currently locked out. The system administrator can unlock it.

Error Description

Login failed for user ‘sa’ because the account is currently locked out. The system administrator can unlock it.

Root Cause

SQL Account only locked out, if it is enfoced to use password policies.

Resolution

You can unlock it by exeuction below command.

ALTER LOGIN sa WITH PASSWORD = ‘password’ UNLOCK

OR

You can do it GUI as well by unchecked locked checkbox