Question: How to Move SQL Server MDF and LDF Files?
SQL SERVER – Rename Physical Database File Name for Any Database
During the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I was asked is there any way we can rename the logical database file name. I have blogged about it here: SQL SERVER – Rename Logical Database File Name for Any Database. Right after the blog post, I received another question where the user wanted to know if there is an easy way to rename the physical file. In this blog post, we will learn about how to rename the physical database files name.
SQL SERVER – Rename Logical Database File Name for Any Database
During recent we Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we had to restore a database on a server. When we restored a database, we realized that the logical file name of the database was incorrect and we had to change that to something more consistent with the organization’s naming convention. Let us see how we changed logical database file name in a few quick steps.
SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Extract Only Numbers From String
In my old post SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Extract Only Numbers From String, I showed you User Defined function which can be used to extract only numbers from the given string. In this post, I am going to show you another method of extracting numbers from the string.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Attach Database Files – The PageAudit Property is Incorrect – Ransomware Attack
Recently one of my clients contacted me after reading my blog above Ransomware on the SQL Server machine. In this blog, we would learn about error The PageAudit property is incorrect.
SQL SERVER- High CPU and Transaction Type WorkFileGroup_fake_worktable and Workfile
As a part of my SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization consultancy, I face interesting situations and every time I am able to resolve them. This was one of the more interesting ones where I was not getting any hint from the internet. Since it was a new thing to me, I am sharing it via this blog. In this blog, we would learn about the cause of WorkFileGroup_fake_worktable and Workfile.
SQL SERVER – How to DROP or DELETE Suspect Database?
One of my clients contacted me when there was business down situation. They had one of their production databases in suspect state and unable to drop it also. In this blog, we would learn about how to drop a suspect database.
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