In SQL Server, there are many methods to find out the column names in a table. If you want to find out the column names based on the ordinal position you can do it querying system view size. Columns. Do you know that you can also do this by using COL_NAME() system function?
How is Oracle Temporary Table Different from SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #133
Question: How is Oracle Temporary Table Different from SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – How to Check if a Column Exists in SQL Server Table?
Question: How to check if a column exists in SQL Server table?
SQL SERVER – How to Identify Columns Used In A View?
The views are very tricky. Sometimes they help performance and sometimes they negatively impact performance. Recently, during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I realized that one of the view was the real performance killer. The challenge was to identify column used in a view. We decided to open the view and list all the columns but that was very cumbersome tasks. Finally, we decided to write a script which can help identify columns used in a view.Â
SQL SERVER – FIX: RequireKerberos Error During SQL 2008 Installation on Windows 2008 R2 Cluster
Today the progress made in technology is astounding and beyond our imaginations, but still there are clients who can’t move to higher, latest and greatest version of SQL so easily. They are still stuck with SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 SQL servers. In this blog post we will learn how to fix RequireKerberos Error During SQL 2008 Installation on Windows 2008 R2 Cluster.
SQL SERVER – Msg 1833 – File Cannot be Reused Until After the Next BACKUP LOG Operation
While preparing for a demo for an upcoming session, I came across an error which I didn’t see earlier. Here is the error in the UI and it is related to Backup Log Operation.Â
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 35250 – The Connection to the Primary Replica is Not Active. The Command Cannot be Processed
Earlier I wrote a blog on same error message which you can read from below link. SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 35250, Level 16, State 7 – The Connection to the Primary Replica is Not Active. The Command Cannot be Processed
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