This article covers the main features of ApexSQL Search, a free SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio add-in for SQL Server database object and text searching and for dependency analysis. Let us learn about Free Database Search and Dependency Analysis.
I know from my personal experience that many SQL Server novice users have issues while uploading and downloading data in various formats. In my practice, this kind of tasks arise very often. I would prefer to automate the process for the recurrent tasks, if the file structure is not going to be changed. I can create a SSIS package, deploy it on a server and then schedule one through the SQL Agent.
[Note from Pinal]: In this episode of the Notes from the Field series database expert Ryan Adams explains a very critical error user receive when registering service principals. Ryan is one guy who spends more time with real world issues with SQL Server than anything else. He has mastered the art of resolving complex errors and document them so easily that one can’t find anywhere else. In this blog post Ryan addresses a very interesting error related to Service Principal Name. Read the experience of Ryan in her own words.
I was reading through some of the enhancements introduced with SQL Server 2016 and I stumbled upon an interesting addition. The T-SQL construct introduced has been something very common and on the pending request for years I suppose.
I am one of those fortunate people who has friends everywhere in the world. Syrovatchenko Sergey is one of my good friends who is an expert on SQL Server. When we met a few days ago in one of the event, we end up discussing about practical tips to reduce SQL Server database table size. Upon returning home, I found Sergey has sent me an amazing article on this subject. It is beautifully written article and I enjoyed it very much. Let us read what Sergey has to say about this subject in his own words.