Can you reorder columns in SSMS grid output without rewriting the query? A trick from Vinod Kumar’s user group session that surprised me.
SQL SERVER – Hidden SSMS Gem: Find Dialog’s Unknown Functionality
At a Bangalore user group meet, Vinod Kumar showed a Hidden SSMS Gem: something the Find dialog can do that I never knew in years of using it.
SQL SERVER – How to Find Out When Your SQL Login Will Expire?
A client wanted a script to show when each SQL login will expire. LOGINPROPERTY makes it easy on SQL 2008 onwards. Here is the query I used.
SQL SERVER – Patch Installation Error: The version of SQL Server instance does not match the version
Applying a patch is something which is part of everyone’s life in the software industry. One of my clients reported below error related to Patch Installation Error.
Identify Used Space in Log File- Interview Question of the Week #090
Question: How to identify Used Space in Log File?
Answer: Use following command to display used log file size and total used space in the log file.
PowerShell – Reading Tables Data Using Script
Read-SqlTableData is a PowerShell cmdlet for reading tables data from SQL Server without writing a query. Here is how I tried it on my box.
SQL SERVER – How to Join a Table Valued Function with a Database Table
I use APPLY to Join a Table Valued Function with rows from another table. The example passes each customer’s delivery city.