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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 moreYou can check the compatibility of a database simply by running the below sql command. sp_dbcmptlevel 'Database_Name' Read more about sp_dbcmptlevel Values of compatibility levels and their corresponding MS SQL Server versions 60 = SQL Server 6.0 65 = SQL Server 6.5 70 = SQL Server 7.0 80 = SQL
» 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 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 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
» Read moreSQL Server user-defined functions and stored procedures have almost similar functionality. Both allow you to create a batch of SQL statements to execute on SQL server. Benefits: We can reuse the code from one program to another, this way we can increase the productivity. Centralize control, to make business logic changes in a single
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