Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – How to Find Free Log Space in SQL Server? After reading this blog post, I received the following question from one of the users about the impact of the transaction on the free log space.
SQL SERVER – Reading Transaction Log to Identified Who Dropped a Table
The other day I received a distress email from a user who wanted to find out who has dropped a table or column from their database. During the On Demand (55 minutes) consultation, not only I was able to help them with restoring their lost data but also was able to find out which user had actually dropped their table “accidentally”. We were lucky enough that the user had a database in full recovery model, hence their transaction log recorded every detail needed.
SQL SERVER – Simple Script to Create a Login and User for a Specific Database with System Admin Rights
A very popular question I often receive about SQL Server security is what is the difference between SQL Server Login and SQL Server User. I really love this question as I bet only 5% of SQL Server professionals I met know the answer to this question. In this blog post, we are going to see a Simple Script to Create a Login and User for a Specific Database with System Admin Rights.
SQL SERVER – How to Find Free Log Space in SQL Server?
One of the most popular question on this blog is about how to shrink the log file. I have previously written about that subject on the following blogs. However, today we are not going to talk about Shrinking the log file but rather going to talk about how to monitor free log space in SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – Restore Database Wizard in SSMS is Very Slow to Open
Recently I was hired for my On Demand (55 minutes) Service by an organization and they had a very interesting situation. To be very honest, I was initially lost for few moments when they described this situation to me and wanted me to solve their error. They were facing a very unique situation where their SSMS was working just fine but when they try to restore any database, SSMS Restore Database Wizard will take forever to open.
SQL SERVER – Split Comma Separated Value String in a Column Using STRING_SPLIT
In this blog post, we will learn about STRING_SPLIT function which was earlier introduced in SQL Server 2016 but still not widely adopted in the industry. We will learn today how to Split Comma Separated Value String in a Column Using STRING_SPLIT.
SQL SERVER – How to Get SQL Server Agent Properties?
During Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check we always go over various SQL Server properties. Lots of people do not know that there are quite a few SQL Server settings which can help us improve our SQL Server performance many folds. While I was discussing SQL Server properties, someone asked me if there are similar settings for SQL Server Agent available which users can tune.