I always like to keep a number of scripts handy in my USB drive with my Laptop. These scripts are used for my internal use when I am suddenly looking for something interesting in customer environments. One of the scripts that I use is shown below. Many a times I have seen customers don’t really have any backup strategy. And when I start working with them, I call out some of the basic backup techniques that they need to be doing.
SQL SERVER – How to Avoid Triggers for Multiple Row Operations in a Table
Customers have a unique way to give you challenges that you never faced. It was one of those evenings that I was working late night on some SQL activity when I received a mail from one of my very old customers. It is rare that I get a ping from them and I was surprised at what had gone wrong. As I started to chat with them, he didn’t know I had recently moved to consulting. This got him double excited and I was unaware to why such a reaction. Your best customers are your best well-wishers too. Let us read about How to Avoid Triggers for Multiple Row Operations in a Table.
SQL SERVER Management Studio – Why I am Seeing White Icon Instead of Green or Red?
One of my clients faced a strange situation. She was using SQL Server Management Studio and was not seeing SQL server and SQL Agent status. It was showing white circle. When she would right click the instance, the options of Start, Stop and Resume were disabled. She also said that she is having SysAdmin permissions in SQL Server (logging using the SA account).
SQL Server – Understanding Connection Timeouts and Query Timeouts
Have you ever got into a situation wherein you feel you see something and work for a solution in a completely opposite direction? Recently I was out of the country for a session and at the breakfast table I found a dark red bottle of ketchup which I used for my sandwich. Lesser did I know it was actually a spicy sauce. And on closer look this time, I found the mistake I did and how I ruined my whole breakfast. These are times when you oversee something which looks like one and you land up as something completely different. This blog post we will be Understanding Connection Timeouts and Query Timeouts.
PowerShell – Create a User with Read Rights on a Database
I have written a number of PowerShell script in the blog and they have been used by many. Most of these scripts are there because someone wanted something different and I got about creating something simple. After I create something for a given use case, I tend to share it in the blog so that people can start using the same.
SQL SERVER – Simple Example of BCP Command Line Utility
I was recently asked if I know the fastest way to export data from SQL Server table. This was very interesting question personally, as I have not run any such tests in the past. However, everytime when I had to export data, I have used in past BCP command line utility and I have found it does a pretty good job.
SQL SERVER – SSMS Trick – Switching Columns in Grid Output
Yesterday when I wrote about what I learnt from Vinod’s session at the SQL Server User Group meeting, one of my friends wrote back asking what else was discussed. Though I knew some of the tips and tricks he showed as part of the sessions, there were few that stuck in my mind. His session around security and how some of the fundamentals were shaken was worth every minute. In this blog we will discuss about how we can switch column in grid output.