Articles
Sort by recent activity
GIT Push/Pull greyed out
When connecting to a local git repository and trying to sync your local repository to the remote repository, the Push/Pull buttons can sometimes be greyed out.
A common cause for this issue is that...
SQL Clone performance experiences delays while running simple queries
When using SQL Clone you may run into issues running simple queries on the clone where the performance becomes very slow. However, if a full restore is performed on the same backup the performance ...
Changing the default location of SQL Clone files
Clone data files are created in the default data location for the SQL Server instance on which they are created. You can change this in SSMS.
Alternatively, it is possible to change the data locati...
A supported task execution handler was not found error from TFS/VSTS
The following TFS/VSTS error can occur if running a build or release from a 32-bit agent:
A supported task execution handler was not found. The task does not carry an implementation that is compati...
SQL Clone throws "Could not get list of clones" error due to Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException
If SQL Clone fails to create images or clones with a "Could not get list of clones" error, you may see an error like the following in the SQL Clone log files:
018-07-30 11:16:38.037 -06:00 [Error] ...
SQL Source Control slows down Object Explorer in SSMS
If Object Explorer is slow to respond after installing SQL Source Control, it may help to disable the automatic polling option.
You can disable this from Options>Indicate changed objects in the Obj...
The 'SQLChangeAutomationVSPackage' did not load correctly
If you are getting this error message when opening a solution in VS:
The ''SQLChangeAutomationVSPackage' package did not load correctly.
You can get more information about what's causing this by e...
Silent Install Clone Agent
This article explains how to download the SQL Clone Agent service silently over the network.
You can use the following PowerShell commands, configured as necessary to achieve this:$username = "<use...
Error 21 message when trying to use a cloned database
The ERROR 21 message is an issue where the CLONE database can no longer see the IMAGE on the network share. SQL Clone does have an inbuilt fail safe to try and minimize the impact of a network blip...
SQL Source Control is running too slow
SSMS is a 32-bit application and as a result it can only access a maximum of 2GB RAM even if the system it's running on is 64-bit. This memory limit can result in slow performance when working with...