This is a very simple question and indeed many of us know about this one. However, if you are absolutely beginner, you will for sure need help with this one. Let us understand how we can create a table variable and temporary table in this simple tutorial.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Adding Two Dates Resulting Strange Results
This puzzle, I have discovered accidentally. In one of the recent project, I had to display two dates next to each other. Now, when I was doing this, I accidentally did a mistake while I was typing that out. Indeed, this puzzle about strange results when adding two dates.
SQL SERVER – Configure Stored Procedure to Run at Server Startup – Simple Tutorial
One of the most popular questions I received during my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop is how users can run sets of procedure when their SQL Server starts automatically. Today, let us see a simple tutorial to run stored procedure at server startup.
Can You DROP Offline Database? – Interview Question of the Week #144
Question: Can You DROP Offline Database?
SQL SERVER – Empty Startup Parameters in SQL Server Configuration Manager
While testing a scenario for my client, I ran into a behavior which I was not aware of. Let us learn about the error which is related to Empty Startup Parameters in SQL Server Configuration Manager.
SQL SERVER – Msg 1038 – An Object or Column Name is Missing or Empty. For SELECT INTO Statements, Verify Each Column Has a Name
Along with my freelance work as an independent consultant, I do keep an eye on various forums and look at issue reported with solutions so that I can blog about them to help the community. One of the Facebook group where I am active is SQLBangalore and recently once of the member posted an issue. He was trying to create a login using SQL Server Management Studio and getting error for SELECT INTO statement as below.
SQL SERVER – RETAINDAYS Does Not Delete Backup After x Days
Just the other day one of my customers asked me that they are facing a situation where they have specified in their backup script RETAINDAYS option but it is actually not deleting their older database backups.
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