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SQL SERVER – Back& Reborn as Premier Back End SaaS Provider

January 28, 2014

Back&, an international provider of Back Office Services, is proud to announce the launch of their revolutionary Zero Entry pricing model and Back End SaaS product. By creating a Better BackOffice, Back& has destroyed the barriers of cost and time – enabling companies and small business of any size access…

SQL SERVER – Monitoring Server at a Glance – A Open Conversation with DBAs

January 27, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Dell, SQL Server

A few days ago I was visiting a large Database Shop and I happened to meet quite a few DBAs there. After my session was over we all went to the company’s cafe for a quick coffee. While having a coffee in the relaxed environment, I shared details about my recent vacation with my family. After sharing a quick story of my vacation, I asked the DBAs around me about their own vacations. To my surprise many of the DBA’s have not taken a holiday for quite a some time. Upon asking why they have not taken holiday the answer was simple (and as expected) – due to the job. Let us read about Monitoring Server.

SQL SERVER – Rename a Table Name Containing [ or ] Identifier in the Name – Part 2

January 26, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server Management Studio

Yesterday I posted article where we discussed how to rename a table name where identifier is part of the tablename. Read the blog post Rename a Table Name Containing [ or ] in the Name – Identifier in the Table Name. If the table name contains an identifier, it is…

SQL SERVER – Rename a Table Name Containing [ or ] in the Name – Identifier in the Table Name

January 25, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio

Just a day ago, my old colleague sent me an email. “I accidently renamed my tablename as a [], and now I am not able to rename it back with the help of T-SQL to its original name which was ProjectA. Is there any way to fix it?” Very interesting…

SQL SERVER – Tools for Proactive DBAs – Policy Based Management – Notes from the Field #012

January 23, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Backup and Restore

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 12th episode of Notes from the Fields series. When taking a vacation the biggest worry any DBA has it that in their absence what will happen to their database. They are often worried that something will go wrong with their server or some users…

SQL SERVER – SQLWays – Database and Application Migration Tool

January 21, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Database and what is more application migration has always been time and money consuming task. In this article I’m going to tell you about one of the ways to make this task easier in all senses. I suppose that you might have already heard about SQLWays database migration tool, developed…

SQL SERVER – How to Validate Syntax and Not Execute Statement – An Unexplored Debugging Tip

January 20, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

In one of the recent interview I had asked questions of interviewees – If you are a SQL Server Developer there must be times when you want to validate syntax, but do not want to execute a query. What is the surest way to check that your syntax is valid…