SQL Server – Database Read Only

Here is simple script with you can set your database in Read-Only Mode Once you specify database is in read-only mode then users can read data from the database, not modify it. Here is Script : Mark Database Read Only USE [master] GO ALTER DATABASE database_name SET READ_ONLY WITH NO_WAIT

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SQL Server – Management Studio – Add an External Tool to the Tools Menu

We can launch any Microsoft Windows or Microsoft .NET Framework application from SQL Server Management Studio. External applications can be added to, and run from, the Tools menu. To add an external tool to the Tools menu On the Tools menu, click External Tools. In the Title text box, type the name you

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SQL Server – Import CSV file to SQL table – Bulk-Insert

Here is an example –  Import CSV file to SQL table using Bulk-Insert CSV file means  Comma Separated Values file. USE testdb GO CREATE TABLE table1 ( id INT, name VARCHAR(255), address VARCHAR(255) ) GO Create CSV file in Shared folder on any remote location with name csv.txt Suppose location

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SQL Server – Comma Separated INSERT Option

  Here is new feature of SQL Server 2008 – “Comma Separated INSERT Option” In this feature using a single INSERT statement you can pass multiple value for the table using comma separated option. USE testdb GO CREATE TABLE table1 ( id INT IDENTITY(1,1), name VARCHAR(255), address VARCHAR(255) ) SELECT

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SQL Server – Insert same value multiple time in SQL table

  Here is an example:  Inserting same value multiple time in SQL table USE testdb GO CREATE TABLE table1 ( id INT IDENTITY(1,1), name VARCHAR(255), address VARCHAR(255) ) SELECT * FROM testdb..table1 INSERT INTO testdb..table1 VALUES (‘Varinder’,’ABC Street’) go 5 Result :  

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SQL Server – Validation of Backup

Database backup are insurance policy for a database, we need to ensure that backups created are valid and useful. To validate the backup, we can use following command Restore verifyonly from <backup device> When a backups is validated, SQL Server performs the following steps Calculated a checksum for the backup

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SQL Server – Backup all the sql server databases

Sharing with you script to backup all the SQL server databases Script: DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) — database name DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) — path for backup files DECLARE @fileName NVARCHAR(256) — filename for backup DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) — used for file name SET @path = ‘D:Backup’ SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),113) SELECT

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