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 – 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.
SQL SERVER 2016: Creating Simple Temporal Table
Temporal tables are a new feature that was introduced in SQL Server 2016. A temporal table gives application developers to view the state of data at a point in time. Temporal tables can also be used for logging purposes if required. I wanted to explore how this feature can be used. The documentation has been interesting and I went ahead in trying out how this can be enabled.
One of the most used use case for this feature would be to find the data values in a past date. This can now be easily configured in SQL Server 2016. Let us go ahead and create a database for use and then create a table with the Temporal history database created by default / automatically.
SQL Server Auditing and Recovery With ApexSQL Log 2016
ApexSQL Log is a powerful SQL Server transaction reader for forensic auditing and rollback of malicious and/or unintended changes for Microsoft SQL Server. It is an ideal cost solution for recovery, row changes and/or before-after auditing. ApexSQL Log uses technology which enables it to read online transaction log files or transaction log backup files in order to create auditing results including before and after views of the data as well as the full row history of all changes.
From the recovery standpoint, ApexSQL Log provides sophisticated undo/redo capabilities which enable it to create TSQL scripts which can be used to completely reverse or replay all or only selected transactions read from the online transaction log file and added transaction log backups.
SQL SERVER – dbForge Object Search for SQL Server
SSMS is a nice tool for database developers. However, it is far from being ideal, and this is because some routine operations in SSMS are extremely inconvenient to perform. Let us learn about dbForge Object Search for SQL Server.
Very often, developers face the challenge of searching a database for all occurrences of an object, column, variable, or search simultaneously all the objects, in which a search value occurs. If you happen to solve a similar problem, then you must know that this problem is not the most trivial and Ctrl + F will not help here.
SQL SERVER – Free SQL Complete Add-in For SSMS
This article covers main features of ApexSQL Complete, free SQL complete add-in. You can download the most recent version, and check its features while reading the article.