SQL Server Security Aspects
SQL SERVER – How to Disable and Enable All Constraint for Table and Database
One of the most popular questions I find still coming to via email is how to enable or disable all the constraint for single table or database. Well, in this blog post we will not discuss the reasons why do you need them or what are the advantages or disadvantages…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – How to Learn SQL Server 2014 – Video Tutorial
As December begins the realization is that Year 2014 is about to come to an end. The month of November was a travel month for me. I have travelled to 6 different cities, 2 countries and 3 different conferences presenting and discussing SQL Server. While presenting at this conference I…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Inside Temp table Object Creation – Part II
After my previous article on “Inside Temp table object creation”, I had a number of people ask me more about this topic. There seems to be a need for understanding these basic fundamentals that we have known for ages in a refreshingly new way. Though there were tons of mails…
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SQL SERVER – Customization of New Query in SQL Server Management Studio
Recently I was working with one of my friends who handles production server databases as a senior DBA. He told that recently one of the Jr. DBA was fired from his company because he has run a drop table command on a production server. He was scared and from that time onwards, every DBA has been asked to run select @@servername commands before executing any query on any server. Similar to this situation, many times a DBA wants a set of command, which they use very frequently, should be available as soon as SQL Server Management Studio is opened. Let us learn about Customization of New Query in SQL Server Management Studio.
SQL SERVER – Identifying T-SQL Missing Parameter Data Types with SQL Server
I like challenges and when we are faced with a challenge – I just cannot sleep. I am in constant search for solution. More importantly I look forward for the learning experience these bring to me. Recently a senior developer was talking to me and got me thinking. Senior Developer:…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Proof of Concepts with Windows Azure – Notes from the Field #056
[Note from Pinal]: This is a 56th episode of Notes from the Fields series. If you are DBA and Developer there is always a situation when you want to prove yourself by building a small proof of concepts of your idea. However, most of the time, it is way more…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Inside Temp Table Object Creation
When I wrote the article around tempdb like normal database, I had a number of people asked me how it is so simple to understand? Well, they were asking how are the tables created? How will same tables created by different sessions created inside tempdb? Are there anything different about…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan – Maintenance Cleanup Task not Deleting Files
I am always notified by my blog readers whenever they see something unusual and I try to help them so that I can learn something new. Recently, one of my blog reader told that his drive is getting filled with the regular backups taken via SQL Server Maintenance Plans. My…
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SQL SERVER – FIX – The database ‘model’ is marked RESTORING and is in a state that does not allow recovery to be run
The best way one can learn SQL Server is by trying out things on their own and I am no different. I constantly am trying to explore the various options one can use when working with SQL Server. In the same context, when I was playing around with backup restore…
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