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A few times we were trying to locate the installation log file folder if we faced any issue or problem while installation of SQL Server. Basically, we want to know reason of issue or problem. So location of Log file folder as below SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 %programfiles%\Microsoft
» Read morePrior to SQL server 2005, the only way of performing the error handling was to test vale of @@ERROR global variable. Once the SQL Server completes the execution of a Transact-SQL statement, it records the status of result in @@ERROR. If the error occurred, @@ERROR contains the error number. If
» Read moreMy friend wants to restore the SQL 2008 full backup to SQL Server 2005. He faced an issue while restore the SQL 2008 full backup to SQL Server 2005. He has a question from me as: Can we restore the SQL 2008 full database backup to SQL Server 2005? Answer:
» Read moreI had requirement to get the Comma Separated Values from the table for specific column. So here sharing with you example how i handle this situation. USE tempdb GO CREATE TABLE test1 ( column1 INT, column2 VARCHAR(6) ) INSERT INTO test1 VALUES (1,'Test1'), (1,'Test2'), (2,'Test3'), (2,'Test4'), (3,'Test5') Now see the
» Read moreIt is very common practice to create an exact copy of the database backup and store it to different places so that in case any emergency or misfortune, DBA should have the alternative location to find the backup of databases. Once a full backup is accomplished DBAs generally copy the
» Read moreI had requirement to find list of all the SQL Server installed on local network then I found few very useful commands. Here sharing with you all. You can use sqlcmd, osql and isql with the -L option as shown below. Using sqlcmd -L Servers: SQLServer1 SQLServer2\DBServer SQLServer3\ReportServer SQLServer4\SQLExpress SQLServer5
» Read moreI have faced an issue during SQL Server Migration. Here sharing with you. As I need to move some databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 then I faced a problem because TSEQUAL and JOIN syntax such as *= or =* not supported in SQL Server 2008. Some of
» Read moreTable-valued parameters are a new parameter type introduced in SQL Server 2008. With the help of table-valued parameters, you can send multiple rows of data to a stored procedure or function, without creating a temporary table or many parameters. Steps to create Table-Valued Parameters Create a table type and define
» Read moreToday I have attended the webcast topic “Inside of Next Generation SQL Server – Denali” at Zeollar.com. This session presented by Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com) It was really a nice presentation about features of SQL Server 2011 – Denali. You can get the details of this session at here You can
» Read moreTemporary tables are a useful feature provided by SQL Server. Temporary tables created at runtime and can do all kinds of operations that one normal table can do. Because this is available at runtime, that’s why the scope of temporary tables is limited. These tables are created inside the tempdb
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