Here is the story of my latest weekend experiments. Those who know me are familiar that I try to do something new every weekend and post my experience over here. Earlier this week, I published my course on MySQL Backup and Recovery. After doing this course, I realize that everything I had covered in the course was related to native MySQL backup, but there should be some solution outside which caters to the larger need of MySQL Backup. Additionally, I found that taking backup with MySQL is hit and miss as well as there is no systemic reporting there. I decided to do some research on my own on the internet. I tried out various tools, softwares and quite a few third party plug-ins.
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Schema Compare Tool
In this article, I’ll show how to use ApexSQL Diff, a SQL Server Schema Compare Tool. You can download it here, install, and play along while reading this blog post.
Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Chhota Bheem
Chhota Bheem is a cartoon character that is extremely popular where I live. He is my daughter’s favorite characters. I like to say that children love Chhota Bheem more than their parents – it is lucky for us he is not real! Children love Chhota Bheem because he is the…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is Available
Microsoft has announced SQL Server 2012 service pack 2 is available earlier this week. Service packages are cumulative updates and upgrade all editions of SQL Server 2012. This service pack contains up to and including SQL Server 2012 Service Pack1 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9). Here is the list of the…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – How to Get SQL Server Restart Notification?
Few days back my friend called me to know if there is any tool which can be used to get restart notification about SQL in their environment. I told that SQL Server can do it by itself with some configurations. He was happy and surprised to know that he need…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SQL Server High Availability Options – Notes from the Field #032
[Notes from Pinal]: When it is about High Availability or Disaster Recovery, I often see people getting confused. There are so many options available that when the user has to select what is the most optimal solution for their organization they are often confused. Most of the people even know…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Attach or Detach Database – SQL in Sixty Seconds #068
When we have to move a database from one server to another server or when we have to move a database from one file to another file, we commonly use Database Attach or Detach process. I have been doing this for quite a while as well. Recently, when I was visiting an organization I found that in this organization lots of developers are still using an older version of the code to attach the database. I quickly pointed that out to them the new method to attach the database, however it was really interesting to find out that they really did not know that sp_attach_db is now a deprecated method to attach the database. This really made me to do today’s SQL in Sixty Seconds. I demonstrate in this SQL in Sixty Seconds how to attach or detach the database using a new method of attaching database. Let us learn about Attach or Detach Database.
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