SQL SERVER – How to Restart SQL Azure Database?

I have said this many time earlier at various forums and I can still say that – “with my current consulting work, I am learning at least one new thing every day.” This is one of the reason why I love my work! In this blog I am going to share an interesting fact which was shared with me by my customer – how to restart SQL Azure database?

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SQL SERVER – xp_cmdshell and Net Use ERROR: The Local Device Name is Already in Use

People generally ask me; how do I manage to find a blog topic for every day blogging? And my answer is – “Connect yourself to the ground, try to help people with the basics, have open eyes & ears and promise yourself to learn one new thing every day”. If one can achieve these, every day blogging is easier. As a part of my consulting, I was helping a client to run some scripts and while testing, I learned something new. In this blog, we would learn about cause and solution of the error, the local device name is already in use.

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SQL SERVER – How to Install New Sample Database WideWorldImportersDW.bak

Last year, I have written a blog to install sample database WideWorldImporters SQL SERVER 2016 – How to Import New Sample Database WideWorldImporters. Recently, while I was showing demo to a client, they informed that I don’t have a blog about data-warehouse database WideWorldImportersDW. In this blog we would learn about how to install database WideWorldImportersDW.bak

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