The database principal owns a schema in the database, and cannot be dropped. – Fix

If you try to drop a user that owns a schema, you will receive the following error message: [code] The database principal owns a schema in the database, and cannot be dropped. [/code] In order to drop the user, you need to find the schemas they are assigned, then transfer the ownership to another user or role [cc lang=”sql”] SELECT s.name FROM sys.schemas s WHERE s.principal_id = USER_ID(‘joe’) — now use the names you find from the above query below in place of the SchemaName below ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::SchemaName TO dbo [/cc] Continue reading ...

Find Memory Usage of Executing Procedures

To get the query memory usage of currently executing queries run the following: [cc lang=”sql”] SELECT TEXT ,query_plan ,requested_memory_kb ,granted_memory_kb ,used_memory_kb FROM sys.dm_exec_query_memory_grants emg CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(emg.plan_handle) ORDER BY emg.requested_memory_kb DESC [/cc]

Index Usage DMV

The following DMV query retrieves the usage statistics for existing indexes. User Seeks – A high number indicates a well utilized index. User Scans – Number of times the index has been scanned. Could indicate improper ordering of the composite columns User Lookups – Indicates a different index was used for criteria and the actual data was looked up from this index for the select list User Updates – Number of times the index was updated with additional records [cc lang=”sql”] SELECT ObjectName = object_schema_name(idx.object_id) + ‘.’ + object_name(idx.object_id) ,IndexName = idx.name ,IndexType = CASE WHEN is_unique = 1 THEN ‘UNIQUE ‘ ELSE ” END + idx.type_desc ,User_Seeks = us.user_seeks ,User_Scans = us.user_scans ,User_Lookups = us.user_lookups ,User_Updates = us.user_updates FROM sys.indexes idx LEFT JOIN sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats us ON idx.object_id = us.object_id AND idx.index_id = us.index_id AND us.database_id = db_id() WHERE object_schema_name(idx.object_id) != ‘sys’ ORDER BY us.user_seeks + us.user_scans + us.user_lookups DESC [/cc] Continue reading ...

Missing Indexes DMV

This query will show the indexes that are missing ordered according to those having the most impact. It will also provide the create index script needed in order to help you create the index. [cc lang=”sql”] SELECT mid.statement ,migs.avg_total_user_cost * (migs.avg_user_impact / 100.0) * (migs.user_seeks + migs.user_scans) AS improvement_measure,OBJECT_NAME(mid.Object_id), ‘CREATE INDEX [missing_index_’ + CONVERT (varchar, mig.index_group_handle) + ‘_’ + CONVERT (varchar, mid.index_handle) + ‘_’ + LEFT (PARSENAME(mid.statement, 1), 32) + ‘]’ + ‘ ON ‘ + mid.statement + ‘ (‘ + ISNULL (mid.equality_columns,”) + CASE WHEN mid.equality_columns IS NOT NULL AND mid.inequality_columns IS NOT NULL THEN ‘,’ ELSE ” END + ISNULL (mid.inequality_columns, ”) + ‘)’ + ISNULL (‘ INCLUDE (‘ + mid.included_columns + ‘)’, ”) AS create_index_statement, migs.*, mid.database_id, mid.[object_id] FROM sys.dm_db_missing_index_groups mig INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats migs ON migs.group_handle = mig.index_group_handle INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_missing_index_details mid ON mig.index_handle = mid.index_handle WHERE migs.avg_total_user_cost * (migs.avg_user_impact / 100.0) * (migs.user_seeks + migs.user_scans) > 10 ORDER BY migs.avg_total_user_cost * migs.avg_user_impact * (migs.user_seeks + migs.user_scans) DESC [/cc] What you need to know about this script however is what it does not account for. It does not account for an index that should be clustered. One of the warning signs that an index should be clustered is when this query suggests to you an index that contains a lot of columns (or has a lot of include columns). It is suggesting that, because it does not want to do a bookmark lookup to get the columns it needs for the select list. In those cases, […]