Even if you are a DBA, sometime you need to deal with issues which are not related to SQL Server. It is not by design, but this is part of our job description. It is always interesting to troubleshoot such issues and find a solution. I always think, sharing such strange troubleshooting – it will help those who get into this problem, not understanding what is happening behind the scenes. Let us learn about in this module Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster.
MySQL – Different Methods to Know Current User
There are different methods to know the name of the current user in MySQL. There can be many reasons we want to know who is the current user. Here is list of the of the few of the such reasons.
Customized code which we want to run based on the reason.
Checking the permissions based on the user.
Inserting the name of the user in the audit table.
Displaying special message based on the login user.
Executing some special logic/code based on the logged in user.
MySQL – How to Drop Table If Exists in Database?
In this post SQL Server – 2016 – T-SQL Enhancement “Drop if Exists” clause, we have seen the new feature introduced in SQL Server version 2016. One of my friends recently asked me question that how to drop table in exists in MySQL database? It was not surprising to see that not many people know about the existence of this feature. MySQL already has this feature for a while and if you are MySQL DBA, you may find it interesting that SQL Server just introduced this feature.
SQL SERVER – ApexSQL Generate – SQL Server Test Data Generation
ApexSQL Generate is a test data generation tool for SQL Server. In this article, we’ll introduce the tools’ core features, describe the main types of generators, walk you through an example and, finally, cover some advanced features.
SQL SERVER – Database Backup and Restore Management and Automation with ApexSQL Backup
ApexSQL Backup is a powerful yet simple tool for Microsoft SQL Server which represents a fully equipped command center for database backup and restore jobs management. It enables users to create and schedule backup related jobs (backup, restore, log shipping, index defragmentation…) and monitor all scheduled backup activities or overview complete backup history on multiple servers across the domain.
ApexSQL Backup is designed to create and work with native Microsoft SQL Server backups and databases, and supports all backup options which can be used in the SQL Server Management Studio and encompasses them in a simple and user friendly UI which revolves around simple wizards for each particular job.
SQL SERVER – Free SQL Server Formatting Add-in
This article describes the ways in which you can format SQL code using ApexSQL Refactor features and options. Let us learn about SQL Server Formatting Add-in.
SQL SERVER – View Dependencies on SQL Server: Hard & Soft Way
As an independent database consultant, I often face a challenge when analyzing the performance of SQL Server instances, which I see for the first time in my life. In many cases, this may seem a difficult task, because in order to fix something you must first understand the database structure. A great many of the companies do not document their database. And even if documentation exists, it is rarely updated. As a result, we have the following situation – documentation is either obsolete, or does not reflect the actual state of things. Let understand SQL SERVER – View Dependencies.