Import CSV file in SQL Server
Importing a CSV(Comma Separated File) in SQL server is a very common task, and most of us use the Import /Export feature of SQL server to do this. Import/Export feature has SSIS (SQL Server Integration...
View ArticleHow to Improve I/O performance for SQL Server
If underline I/O architecture system is working properly then every time SQL Server do some transaction (Read/Write) it can do it without waiting. But if load on the system is up, then SQL...
View ArticleRetrieve permissions on SQL Server database
SQL Server permissions can be granted to on an object level (schema, database, database objects). In newer versions of SQL Server permissions can be given to user at a more granular level. To...
View ArticleRemove a Stored Procedure in Production Environment
How to remove a Stored Procedure in SQL Server production environment? How can we be so sure that is not being used any more? You need to know every single path from where this procedure is initiating...
View ArticleMigrate from MySQL to SQL Server
Migrate from MySQL to SQL Server with ease. Microsoft has launched a small utility to migrate a database from MySQL to SQL Server. Name of the utility is SQL Server Migration Assistant for MySQL. More...
View ArticleGet indexes on all tables – SQL Server
An important ingredient in database designing is creating, maintaining and rebuilding indexes after some specified intervals. One main aspect of database tuning is to apply indexes. Index must exist...
View ArticlePercentage of Work completed – SQL Server
Today, I was taking a manual backup of a database through a scheduled Job. Normally this backup job takes about 1 hour to complete, but today it was still executing for almost 3 hours. I started to...
View ArticleCannot Resolve Collation Conflict
Collation can be defined at column level in MS SQL Server. An annoying error that comes up when using two columns that have different collations defined. For example: SELECT A.USER1, A.USER2,...
View ArticleSQL Server 2011
Finally release date for SQL Server 2011 has been announced i.e November 11, 2010. The major features of the new products are as following: Enhanced Mission-Critical Platform: an enhanced highly...
View ArticlePerformance Tuning–SQL Server
Performance tunning is a must for any database because without your Database is the same as retrieving data from file system. Many times in your organization an issue is raised that SQL server database...
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