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SQL SERVER – Alternative of Log Shipping in Simple Recovery Model
The blog topic might seem controversial and doesn’t go well with definition of log shipping features. Read it again. The blog has an alternative way to set up something “similar” to log-shipping. If the database is in simple recovery model, then we can’t take transaction log backups and hence no log shipping possible.
SQL Server – How to Get Column Names From a Specific Table?
Question: How to get column names from a specific table in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – Learning New Multipurpose FORMAT Function
In versions prior to 2012, you need to use the CONVERT function with different styles to convert the date values into a different format. Let us learn about the FORMAT function in this blog post.
SQL SERVER – Not Able to Kill SPID with KILL WITH STATUSONLY
Question: Why I am not able to KILL a SPID with command KILL (spid) WITH STATUSONLY?
SQL SERVER – Quickest Way to Add LoopBack Linked Server for OpenQuery
Here is the question which I received the other day from a user who was trying to add a linked server pointing its own server as he wanted to use OpenQuery. Let us read his question in details.
SQL SERVER – How to Measure Page Splits Counter Value via T-SQL?
Question: How to Measure Page Splits Counter Value via T-SQL?