Restart history records startup evidence before retained logs disappear. Keep each source and timestamp separate, and test repeat collection with synthetic archives.
SQL SERVER – Fix : Management Studio Error : Saving Changes in not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can’t be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created
SSMS says saving changes is not permitted when a table must be re-created. Learn to turn off Prevent saving changes, and why I still prefer T-SQL.
SQL SERVER – How to Drop Temp Table – Check Existence of Temp Table
Readers often ask how to check existence of a temp table and how to drop temp table without Msg 2714. My earlier article answers all of these questions.
Dynamic PIVOT: Building Report Columns From the Data
Build a dynamic PIVOT with ordered STRING_AGG and QUOTENAME, parameterized filters, zero-filled results, and explicit report-width limits.
What Changes When You Move to a New Major Version
A New Major Version of SQL Server changes the engine while database compatibility, query plans, and deprecated features need separate review.
SQL SERVER – How to Drop Primary Key Constraint
ALTER TABLE … DROP PRIMARY KEY is MySQL syntax and fails in SQL Server with Msg 156. Here is how to drop primary key constraint the SQL Server way.
SQL SERVER – Questions and Answers with Database Administrators
While hiring Database Administrators and senior developers for a large project, we discussed many interesting questions. Here are some, with my own views.