known issues
The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known at the time of release.
Table 55:General Known Issues
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
If the Spotlight client loses connection to the Spotlight diagnostics server, after a period of days, the Spotlight client will develop a small memory leak. Solution: Restart Spotlight Client. | 5433 |
| The Spotlight Client may experience performance issues (opening the home page, acknowledging and snoozing alarms) when a large number of alarms are generated over a connection. | 2651 |
| A manual update is required for some malfunctions.Right-click the data in the grid and selectRestore Default Settings | To restore🇧🇷 The grid shows "Loading". give a clickTo updateto fill the grid. | 11333 11406 |
Table 56:Known issues with installing and updating
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
| Installation of other Spotlights.Do not install other Spotlights in the Spotlight folder on SQL Server. You will not be able to run Spotlight on SQL Server if you do this. When installing other Spotlights, you must install them in a different folder. | N / D |
| Remote installation.Remote installation of Spotlight on SQL Server fails if the user has a domain account and a local account with the same username. | N / D |
Table 57:Known issues with the Spotlight Diagnostic Server
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
Federation.If you remove and re-add a Spotlight Diagnostic server to the federation, the Spotlight connections from the "re-added" Spotlight Diagnostic server will appear in the Spotlight client as disabled (grayed out). Solution: Restart Spotlight Client. | 5432 |
| System time changes.Stop the Diagnostic Server service before changing the system time on the Diagnostic Server machine. | N / D |
| Move a diagnostic server.If you want to move your diagnostic server to a different host machine and continue to use the current Spotlight statistics repository, you will not be able to report on the data collected on the original and moved diagnostic servers. Contact Quest Support for assistance if you wish to report the data collected by the original diagnostic server after the switch. | 4178 |
| Diagnostic server name change.You cannot change the diagnostic server hostname without reinstalling the diagnostic server. To preserve configuration and history, migrate the diagnostics server to another host before changing the machine name. | 3052 |
| Diagnostic server user privileges.The minimum Windows privilege level required to run the diagnostic server is Power User. During runtime, the diagnostics server requires write access to folders in the installation directory. Without proper privileges, the diagnostics server cannot run. | 206558 |
Table 58:Known issues when using playback
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
| History browser and playback mode.Replay data is collected at scheduled intervals, in response to certain alarms, and also when viewing a drill-down with the Spotlight client. This means that historical data may not be available for drill down in Playback mode. To change the rate at which data is collected, go toconfigure | Program. | N / D |
Table 59:Known issues with the Spotlight Statistics repository
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
Documentation of the Collections used by the Reports- All reports get their data from collections stored in the Spotlight statistics repository. The direct relationship between the report component and the Spotlight collection is documented in the Spotlight help for a subset of the available reports. | 5258 |
Unable to select connections for views and reports- The Spotlight stats repository may have become corrupted during the upgrade. Perhaps the connection to the Spotlight statistics repository was lost during creation; leaving the database in an inconsistent state. alternative solution- Drop the Spotlight statistics repository database. In the Spotlight Client, Configure | Diagnostic Server | Configure the Spotlight Stats repository to create a new Spotlight Stats repository. | 5216 |
| Scheduling of collections and reports and trends.Scheduling a collection to run at different time periods for two or more monitored servers can cause gaps in reports and trend graphs for multiple server views. | 6362 |
| Storing statistics in the Spotlight Stats Store.The Store statistics in Spotlight statistics store option applies to SQL Server connection and equivalent Windows connection. If you change this option for a SQL Server connection, the change will also apply to the equivalent Windows connection. | N / D |
Table 60:Known issues when configuring Spotlight
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
planned outages- When the Spotlight Client is installed on a Windows 2008 Server VM - The Scheduled Outage dialog disappears in Configure | planned outage | Add. Workaround: .NET Patch 4 - Software Update KB2468871v2 See also ownKnown issues with monitoring SQL Server 3606 connections. | 3606 |
alarm settingyalarm actions- blank text boxes to collect additional data and description of the alarm action rule. Workaround: Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security or add "about:security_Spotlight.exe" website to Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer. | 2553 |
| highlightalarm actions- Links in Alarm Actions may not work when Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration is enabled. | 2893 |
highlightalarm actionsdoes not have an action to kill a block process. Workaround: Write an SQL query to return the SPID and terminate the process; put the SQL in the Run SQL Script action. | 2669 |
| I can't send email This is a known issue under the following circumstances
Workaround: "Disable Internet Email Auto-Protect" in Symantec Endpoint Protection. See too:http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH95093yhttp://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/sep-121-internet-email-auto-protect-and-ccnet-mail-issues | 2266 |
| focus cloud- Under Configure | On the Spotlight Cloud page, the links for "Read more" and "Sign up now" are missing when Microsoft Windows is configured to run in "Windows Classic" mode. Links open the site:https://www.spotlightessentials.com | 2922 |
| Cap in collections.To limit Spotlight's load and memory consumption, a limit of 10,000 rows is placed on most collections. To modify this limit, edit the following text in the ..\agent\bin\SpotlightDiagnosticServer.ini file: "-Dcom.quest.adk.rowLimit=10000" | 11685 |
connection monitoring
Table 61:Known issues monitoring SQL Server Analysis Services
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
| GMTTime Zone: The diagnostic server shows the wrong time.oExercisedeepen,connectionsThe page may display the wrong time in the GMT time zone by incorrectly adjusting for daylight saving time. | 10433 |
Table 62:Known issues monitoring SQL Server
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
Main page- An unexpected error occurs the first time the SQL Server home page is opened in the Spotlight client session. + Performance Status / Wait Events / Workload Analysis- These breakdowns do not show data. Workaround: .NET Patch 4 - Software Update KB2468871v2 See also ownKnown issues when configuring Spotlight 3606. | 3606 |
| SQL Server 2012 e superior- Spotlight is not supported by Analysis Services in Tabular and Sharepoint modes. | |
| Detailed Workload Analysis- SQL Server 2012 and above - When monitoring a failover cluster, the physical reads value is 0/no data. | 3688 |
| servidor SQL 2012yServidor SQL 2008 R2- "Using dbghelp.dll version 4.0.5" entries in SQL Server error log. The origin of these entries can be traced back to a known (Microsoft) issue when an instruction or job executes the sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file stored procedure. refer tohttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2878139 SQL Server Spotlight | The Performance Health function uses XEvents sessions that can execute the sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file stored procedure. | 2927 |
| In the SQLServer error log, the entries "SQL Trace Started" and "SQL Trace Stopped". repeat every 10 minutes while Spotlight is monitoring the connection. These entries are added by Microsoft; Spotlight on SQL Server uses SQL Trace to monitor deadlocks. | 3582 |
| SQL Server 2008 RTM Monitoring🇧🇷 The Deadlocks (SQL Activity Breakdown) page may not display data when monitoring a SQL Server 2008 RTM database. Work around:Upgrade a SQL Server 2008 SP1 | 7495 |
| Access errors connecting to SQL Server 2005.If an access error related to xp_cmdshell occurs and the user changes the SQL Server configuration to allow access to xp_cmdshell, the SQL Server documentation indicates that the user should disconnect and reconnect. To go offline in Spotlight on SQL Server, you must disable monitoring and enable monitoring for that SQL Server. In the Spotlight browser, right-click the SQL Server connection and selectproperties🇧🇷 On the Monitoring page, uncheck themonitor this serveroption and clickACCORDING🇧🇷 Open the Monitoring page again and selectmonitor this serverand then clickACCORDING. | N / D |
| Servidor SQL 2000- Display of long SQL queries is truncated when clicking SPID in SQLActivity | Session decomposition. | 1273 |
| Data obtained from SQL Server 2000 performance counters may be incorrect.Spotlight may display an incorrect procedural cache size or hit ratio for SQL Server 2000. This does not apply to SQL Server 2005 or 2008. | 3057 |
Unexpected error "Could not load file or assembly 'System.Cor, Version=2.0.5.0..." the first time you connect to an instance of SQL Server. Solution: install the following patch on the .NETframework (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2468871) | 2764 |
| the collectionsindex fragmentationyFragmentation overviewcan negatively affect the performance of monitored SQL servers. If this is a problem, use Configure | Scheduling to reduce collection frequency | 2705 |
| deadlock list report- Each Deadlock List report is limited to 4000 characters of deadlock information. | 13064 |
| Error collecting data.The collection used to complete higher SQL verbosity cannot be performed when some databases on the instance are in restricted access states (for example, single user mode, offline). | 7584 |
| Main SQL statement breakdown: Query plan returns duplicate attribute error- This is a Microsoft bug. Work around:Narrow the grid by getting fewer records or sorting on a different variable. | 11179 |
| ForSQL Activity | Sessions | Planthere is a limit on the size of the <inputbuf> tag of 1024 bytes (or close to that). This cannot be expanded because SQL Server truncates the SQL when creating the XML. | 2300 |
| Negative values in the wait statistics breakdown.Negative values may be displayed in the Wait Details grid. | 3757 |
| SQL analysis grid.The text data column in the SQL Analysis grid may occasionally display blank rows. This is because SQL Server does not return any data in the Text Data column of the trace. | 219577 |
| SQL parsing and filtering.When default filters are configured in a mixed SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2008 environment, if the filter uses a column that does not exist in one of the SQL Server versions, the filter will be ignored for that version. | 211872 |
| SQL: Long running SQL alarm generated by a query issued by Spotlight: This issue follows "Unable to modify event session", the query stops responding (hangs), thus generating a long running SQL alarm. See Microsoft Known Issue:https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2511963 |
Table 63:Known issues monitoring Windows Server
| known issue | Identification number |
|---|---|
| WMI access denied alarm messages.A large number of WMI Access Denied alarm messages usually indicates a network problem, such as a faulty domain controller or DNS server. When the network issue is resolved, restart the Diagnostic Server service. | N / D |
| Microsoft Cluster Server connection problem.If you connect to a Microsoft Cluster Server system that does not have control of all disk resources, uncontrolled disks may show a value of zero for Total Space and Available Space in Spotlight. To fix this issue, customize the disk view so that it does not show this disk. (Do this by right-clicking the drive and choosing Disk Options) | N / D |
| Disk queue length metric.Due to a bug in WMI, the disk queue length metric may briefly display a false high value when returning from a disk queue length (valid) alarm. | 13227 |
There is a lack of data on thecpu crashwhen monitoring a Windows 2008 R2 Server with more than 32 processors. alternative solution:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa393067(v=vs.85).aspx | 14493 |
| Open the Sessions grid.The values displayed in the Elapsed Time and Idle Time columns in the Open Sessions grid (Network break > Sessions tab) may not be accurate if the session has been running for more than 18 hours. | N / D |
| Timestamp on event log split.When monitoring a Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Server 2008 64-bit machine, the time displayed for events in the Event Log drilldown is in GMT, not local time. | 4625 |
| Windows security log errors.Specifying operating system connection details in Windows Connections can cause WMI connection errors to be reported in the Windows Security log of the machine being monitored. This does not affect Spotlight's monitoring features. | 6722 |
Unusually large values shown in Spotlight.Spotlight can display unusually large values for some components and graphs. These values are incorrect and are caused by inaccurate raw performance counter values returned by Microsoft Windows. The following components and graphics are affected:
Work around:Reboot machine returning large values. | 5796 |
FAQs
What is the difference between SQL 2022 Standard and Enterprise? ›
SQL Server 2022 editions
Enterprise is ideal for mission-critical applications that require top-notch in-memory performance, security, and high availability, while Standard is great for mid-tier apps and data marts. Plus, the tiered model makes it easier to understand which features are included in each edition.
Compared to the Standard's 128 GB, Enterprise typically supports up to 524 petabytes. Still, it can also handle the maximum amount of RAM and the number of core processors the host system offers. Security is another essential element of Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise.
What is the standard max memory for SQL Server? ›| Feature | Enterprise | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum compute capacity used by a single instance - Analysis Services or Reporting Services | Operating system maximum | Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 24 cores |
| Maximum memory for buffer pool per instance of SQL Server Database Engine | Operating System Maximum | 128 GB |
Though not currently a requirement, what will a future release of SQL Server require of all SQL statements? All statements must end with a semicolon.
Can you go from SQL Enterprise to standard? ›Solution: Microsoft does not support downgrading an SQL Edition so Autodesk Vault also does not support this type of migration. This includes restoring a backup that contains a higher edition of SQL into an environment that contains a lower edition of SQL Server.
What are the advantages of SQL Server Enterprise vs Standard? ›Security Features of Microsoft SQL Enterprise
Like the Standard edition, Enterprise includes basic auditing, contained databases, encryption and backups, and user-defined roles. It surpasses the Standard edition with its inclusion of fine grained auditing, transparent database encryption, and extensible key management.
Well, the Microsoft documentation says "an in-place downgrade of SQL Server is not supported. To downgrade the version of SQL Server, you have to completely uninstall SQL Server, and reinstall it again by using the desired version.".
How do I know if my SQL Server is standard or enterprise? ›A. Start the SQL Server Enterprise Manager application (go to Start, Programs, Microsoft SQL Server, and click Enterprise Manager), right-click the SQL server, select Properties, then select the General tab to view the product version number, as this figure shows.
When should I use SQL Server Enterprise Edition? ›Enterprise Edition is ideal for applications requiring mission critical in-memory performance, security and high availability. Standard Edition delivers fully featured database capabilities for mid-tier applications and data marts.
How do I know if my SQL Server has enough memory? ›Sometimes, you gotta look at what queries that are currently running are waiting on. For that, go grab sp_WhoIsActive. If you see queries constantly waiting on stuff like this, it might be a sign you need more memory, because you have to keep going out to disk to get what queries need to use.
How do I know if my SQL Server has too much memory? ›
Max Server Memory is set at the instance level: right-click on your SQL Server name in SSMS, click Properties, Memory, and it's “Maximum server memory.” This is how much memory you're willing to let the engine use.
How to check RAM size in SQL Server? ›- Launch SQL Server Management Studio and connect to a server.
- In Object Explorer, right-click the database you want reports on.
- In the context menu select, Reports -> Standard Reports -> Memory Usage By Memory Optimized Objects.
- CONSTRAINT clause.
- FOR UPDATE clause.
- FROM clause.
- GROUP BY clause.
- HAVING clause.
- ORDER BY clause.
- The result offset and fetch first clauses.
- USING clause.
SQL Server 2022 (16. x) extends Azure connected services and features including Azure Synapse Link, Microsoft Purview access policies, Azure extension for SQL Server, pay-as-you-go billing, and the link feature for SQL Managed Instance.
What happens when SQL Server runs out of memory? ›SQL Server doesn't move data from memory (the buffer pool) into tempdb in that way. It uses a "least recently used" caching strategy (in general), so if there is memory pressure, and new data needs to be pulled into memory, SQL Server will kick out the LRU data from the buffer pool to accommodate the new data.
Does SQL always require enterprise? ›An HA Availability Group comprises Databases that failover at the same time. The Always On Availability Group is a High Availability and Disaster Recovery feature. It doesn't require shared disk storage for hosting the SQL Server. However, the Always On Availability Group is supported only by the Enterprise edition.
Can I get job only on the basis of SQL? ›Data-Mania Writer's Guild
Structured query language (SQL) is one of the most popular programming languages today, especially in data. You should probably be familiar with it if you want to pursue a data career, but you don't necessarily need to be an expert. You can get surprisingly far with just basic SQL skills.
Providing you're not using the persistent Enterprise-only features (partitioning, compression, TDE), an Enterprise edition DB can even be restored to Express (if small enough). Most of the time you can go up and down the editions without problem.
What is the difference between Standard and Enterprise Edition SQL Server 2016? ›While the Enterprise edition of SQL Server 2016 does support a wide array of data warehouse features, the Standard edition only supports standard algorithms and data mining tools (Wizards, Editors, Query Builders).
What is the most important part of a SQL Server? ›The core component of Microsoft SQL Server is the SQL Server Database Engine, which controls data storage, processing and security. It includes a relational engine that processes commands and queries and a storage engine that manages database files, tables, pages, indexes, data buffers and transactions.
What is the cost difference between SQL Server Standard and Enterprise? ›
SQL Server Enterprise Edition: $7,128 per Core. SQL Server Standard Edition: $1,859 per Core. SQL Server Standard Edition Server Licensing: $931 plus $209 per named user client access license (CAL).
Is SQL Server Enterprise Edition free? ›SQL Server 2022 Developer is a full-featured free edition, licensed for use as a development and test database in a non-production environment.
Does SQL Server Standard Edition require license? ›Server + CAL Based Licensing
Just like with the core-based licenses, any physical operating system running SQL server software or any of SQL server's components will need a SQL server license assigned to the physical server hosting OSE.
- About Upgrading Pluggable Databases (PDBs) Sequentially.
- Unplugging the Earlier Release PDB from the Earlier Release CDB.
- Plugging in the Earlier Release PDB to the Later Release CDB.
- Upgrading the Earlier Release PDB to the Later Release.
- Use Inclusion or Exclusion Lists for PDB Upgrades.
Run SQL Server features discovery report
To run the SQL Server features discovery report, click Tools in the left-hand navigation area of SQL Server Installation Center, and then click Installed SQL Server features discovery report.
Run the query SELECT @@VERSION and examine the output. If it says anything other than Evaluation or Express edition then your SQL instance is licensed. If you are using Enterprise Edition the above query will also return if it is Core-base d licensing or not.
What is current version of SQL Server? ›The current version is Microsoft SQL Server 2022, released November 16, 2022. The RTM version is 16.0.
What is the difference between SQL Developer Edition and SQL Enterprise Edition? ›SQL Server Developer edition lets developers build any kind of application on top of SQL Server. It includes all the functionality of Enterprise edition, but is licensed for use as a development and test system, not as a production server.
How do you tell if a database is being used in SQL Server? ›Another way to see if your database is in use is to look and see if the indexes are being used. Information on index usage is held in the sys. dm_db_index_usage_stats table since the last server reboot, and can be queried using this statement which can be tailored to select the data you need.
How many SQL CALs do I need? ›How many CALs do I need? Every User or Device accessing the SQL Server software, virtual or physical, must be licensed with a SQL CAL. Users and Devices accessing the SQL software indirectly through another application or hardware device will still need a CAL.
How do I set SQL Server memory to max limit? ›
- In Object Explorer, right-click a server and select Properties.
- Select the Memory page of the Server Properties window. ...
- In Server memory options, enter desired numbers for Minimum server memory and Maximum server memory.
- Check and configure your SQL Server max memory usage.
- Add more RAM to your server; the limit for Standard Edition is 128 GB and there is no limit for SQL Server with Enterprise.
- Use Lock Pages in Memory.
- Optimize your queries.
External memory pressure
Collect Performance Monitor counters. Investigate if applications or services other than SQL Server are consuming memory on this server by looking at these counters: Memory:Available MBytes. Process:Working Set.
- Step 1: Verify that SQL Server is causing high CPU usage. ...
- Step 2: Identify queries contributing to CPU usage. ...
- Step 3: Update statistics. ...
- Step 4: Add missing indexes. ...
- Step 5: Investigate and resolve parameter-sensitive issues.
As data size grows, memory doesn't.
Servers hosting 10-59GB data: median RAM size is 74% of the data! (example: 27GB data, 20GB RAM) 60-224GB data: 23% RAM size (example: 210GB data, 48GB RAM) 225-600GB data: 13% RAM size (example: 488GB data, 64GB RAM)
SQL Server will consume all of the available memory. By default, that number corresponds to the total amount of numeric memory available on your computer. As a result, your perceptions are correct. To put it another way, if you give SQL Server 24 GB of memory, it will make every effort to make the most of that memory.
How can I speed up my SQL Server performance? ›- Choose Appropriate Data Type. ...
- Avoid nchar and nvarchar. ...
- Avoid NULL in the fixed-length field. ...
- Avoid * in SELECT statement. ...
- Use EXISTS instead of IN. ...
- Avoid Having Clause. ...
- Create Clustered and Non-Clustered Indexes. ...
- Keep clustered index small.
The minimum value 512 KB, and the maximum is 2,147,483,647 KB (2 GB).
How much RAM should a database server have? ›The minimum requirements are easy to meet: at least 3 GB of RAM and enough hard drive space to hold their data warehouse, staging database, and cubes. However, meeting the bare minimum is often not the ideal solution and providing better hardware to your server will allow for improved run-times and efficiency.
What are the 4 basic commands in SQL? ›- SELECT - extracts data from a database.
- UPDATE - updates data in a database.
- DELETE - deletes data from a database.
- INSERT INTO - inserts new data into a database.
- CREATE DATABASE - creates a new database.
- ALTER DATABASE - modifies a database.
- CREATE TABLE - creates a new table.
What are the 4 major types of command types in SQL? ›
- DDL (Data Definition Language)
- DML (Data Manipulation Language)
- TCL (Transaction Control Language)
- DCL (Data Control Language)
- Data Definition Language (DDL) Statements.
- Data Manipulation Language (DML) Statements.
- Transaction Control Statements.
- Session Control Statements.
- System Control Statement.
- Embedded SQL Statements.
It processes queries quickly.
No matter how large data might be, SQL can retrieve it quickly and efficiently. It can also achieve processes such as insertion, deletion and data manipulation relatively quickly.
- Open-Source. MySQL is open-source, which means this software can be downloaded, used and modified by anyone. ...
- Quick and Reliable. ...
- Scalable. ...
- Data Types. ...
- Character Sets. ...
- Secure. ...
- Support for large databases. ...
- Client and Utility Programs.
Sometimes, you gotta look at what queries that are currently running are waiting on. For that, go grab sp_WhoIsActive. If you see queries constantly waiting on stuff like this, it might be a sign you need more memory, because you have to keep going out to disk to get what queries need to use.
Is SQL Server end of life? ›SQL Server Compact 4.0 goes end of life on July 13, 2021. What does this mean for you? Well, there will be no more security updates or patches and technical support.
How do I clear SQL memory? ›To clear SQL Server's cache, run DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS , which clears all data from the cache. Then run DBCC FREEPROCCACHE , which clears the stored procedure cache.
What is the difference between Oracle Database Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition? ›Standard Edition does not include a number of features of Enterprise Edition, including data compression, bitmapped indexes, transportable tablespace export, change data capture, summary management (materialized views and refresh mechanisms, among others) and parallelization of operations such as queries, DML and index ...
How do I know if I have SQL standard or enterprise? ›A. Start the SQL Server Enterprise Manager application (go to Start, Programs, Microsoft SQL Server, and click Enterprise Manager), right-click the SQL server, select Properties, then select the General tab to view the product version number, as this figure shows.
Is SQL still relevant 2022? ›SQL is still the top language
If you work in technology, chances are you've used SQL at some point. Data and studies from 2022 show that SQL has become more popular than Python. It's the third most common language used by developers. To rephrase, SQL is the de facto language of choice for data scientists.
When should I use SQL Server enterprise Edition? ›
Enterprise Edition is ideal for applications requiring mission critical in-memory performance, security and high availability. Standard Edition delivers fully featured database capabilities for mid-tier applications and data marts.
Does SQL Always On require enterprise Edition? ›The Always On Availability Group is a High Availability and Disaster Recovery feature. It doesn't require shared disk storage for hosting the SQL Server. However, the Always On Availability Group is supported only by the Enterprise edition.
What are the different databases used in enterprise? ›MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase, etc. are all examples of different databases. These modern databases are managed by DBMS. Structured Query Language, or SQL as it is more widely known, is used to operate on the data in a database.
How do I change SQL Server from enterprise to standard? ›Well, the Microsoft documentation says "an in-place downgrade of SQL Server is not supported. To downgrade the version of SQL Server, you have to completely uninstall SQL Server, and reinstall it again by using the desired version.".
How can I tell what SQL features are installed? ›Run SQL Server features discovery report
To run the SQL Server features discovery report, click Tools in the left-hand navigation area of SQL Server Installation Center, and then click Installed SQL Server features discovery report.
Core Based Licensing
You need to license every physical operating system environment (OSE) that is running SQL server software. You will need a core license for every core in the processor. You need at least four core licenses for each physical processor on the server (core licenses are sold in packs of two).
| Editions | Open no level price (US$) | Licensing model |
|---|---|---|
| Standard - per core | $3,586 | 2 core pack |
| Standard - server | $899 | Server |
| Standard - CAL | $209 | CAL |
| Developer | Free | Per user |
Learning SQL is no replacement for learning Excel, and vice versa. Both tools have their own learning curve—although many claim SQL is more difficult than Excel. That said, learning one tool may make it much easier to learn the other. Most data analysts learn both Excel and SQL.
Is SQL enough for a job? ›As an integral part of database management and just as crucial for many industries, SQL is a must for any career or project you want to try with data.
Can SQL get you a job? ›Furthermore, Software Engineers with SQL knowledge are more likely to get paid more than their peers that do not have any SQL know-how. Most, if not all, Software Engineering roles require SQL skills. So, getting a grip on SQL is becoming almost an indispensable requirement for landing a Software Engineering job.