Yes, agreed.

But the OP is planning a move to an RDBMS that doesn't have a filestream option to my knowledge.

Since the OP is planning a move to RDS (which just...

You have to export to "regular" files, and then import those files from the filesystem into your database of choice (though I'd recommend at least considering storing files w/ operating...

See msdb.dbo.log_shipping_monitor_history_detail & msdb.dbo.log_shipping_monitor_error_detail

You'd probably have to close and re-open SSMS for that to work.

But why? What are you trying to do that would require setting this programmatically. You may be trying to...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssma/sql-server-migration-assistant?view=sql-server-ver15#migration-sources

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/dma/dma-overview?view=sql-server-ver16#get-data-migration-assistant

Are you talking about ClearTrace from scaleSQL? They appear to only support traces through SQL Server 2017.

They do have a ClearCase for Extended Events tool w/ support through SQL...

No idea about performance, and don't know where some of those columns are coming from, but it looks like it could be simplified to something like this, which is at...

Does your data (and business) have seasonal or annual surges of inserts? Is it relatively stable year-to-year

If not, then you can make somewhat useful projections, though they'd probably be more...

Take a look at Hierarchies on Steroids #1: Convert an Adjacency List to Nested Sets & Hierarchies on Steroids #2: A Replacement for Nested Sets Calculations from Jeff...

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Note: You posted in SQL 2022 forum, though neither one of your target servers is 2022.

Have you downloaded & installed the Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs? I'm not clear if that includes SP2, so you might also want Service Pack 2 for Microsoft...

Don't reuse the same temp table for different sets of columns. It makes debugging confusing, and it subverts the way SQL Server manages temp tables.

One of the small optimizations SQL...

Duplicate of https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/replication-reinitialization-from-backup

You mention "app team" a few times. Does this mean only developers, or does app team also include product owners? The question of data retention is a business concern in...

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/134665/the-database-owner-account-has-been-deleted-what-impact

"I tried to create a stored procedure on a database that would execute as owner (blindly believing it to be 'sa'). The create failed because the owner didn't...