Daily Coping 19 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-19
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Blog Posts
Finding the First Day of the Year–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. While working on the question from Monday, I...
2022-01-19 (first published: 2022-01-05)
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T-SQL Query to find Orphan data and log files of SQL Databases
Are you a DBA? Then you'll love this free T-SQL script. This script helps you find orphaned data and log files of SQL Databases.
2022-01-19
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T-SQL Query to find Supported Compatibility Level Values in SQL Server
The question came up on the forum - how do I find all the possible values for a specific compatibility_level in SQL Server? Let's check .
2022-01-19
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What permissions are required for temporary tables?
Managing permissions is a constant issue for Database Administrators, but rarely do DBAs consider permissions for tempdb. Everybody’s looking for something, but how often do you get requests for...
2022-01-19 (first published: 2022-01-06)
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Daily Coping 18 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-18
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Export Windows applications logs in CSV format using SQL Server query
The Windows application logs are used by various applications to write new events. This blog exporting these logs into CSV format
2022-01-18
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How to disable current line highlight in SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS)?
How to disable current line highlight in SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS)?
2022-01-18
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Managed Service Account Naming Convention
A while back I had to help a customer update their naming standard for their Managed Service Accounts, so I thought I would share some of those details. The...
2022-01-18
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T-SQL Query to find SQL database age and number of tables in SQL Server
SQL Server - The following T-SQL statement helps find the SQL Database age based on the created date and number of tables.
2022-01-18
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Blogs
Azure SQL offerings
By James Serra
There are three Azure SQL products with so many different deployment options, service tiers,...
T-SQL Tuesday #183 Roundup
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month’s T-SQL Tuesday party with my invitation asking about tracking permissions....
A Little Brainstorming with an AI
By Steve Jones
I was asked to do some a little thinking and brainstorming recently. Rather than...
Forums
MEMORYBROKER_FOR_RESERVE experience
Hi, Does anyone have experience with MEMORYBROKER_FOR_RESERVE ? when suddenly there is somehow constantly...
Moving Database Files
I just learned that my database was created on my C:\ drive in the...
Migrate MSSQL to MYSQL - Different Servers
I am needing to migrate a MSSQL db to MySQL, on a different server...
Question of the Day
Mixed Backups
I have a complex database with a few filegroups and files. Can I run a backup command like this? (assume file/filegroup names are valid).
BACKUP DATABASE [complex]
FILE = N'thirdone'
, FILE = N'thirdtwo'
, FILEGROUP = N'second'
TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQL2022\MSSQL\Backup\complex.bak'
WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'complex-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO
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