Blog Post: How To Remove the Identity Column in SQL Server
Setting the identity property on a table when it is created is a simple task. The below snippet will create table called SampleTable with ID column which has an identity property. Read...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Move MSDB & Model SQL Server system Databases ?
Steps of Moving MSDB & Model SQL Server system Database to new locaation:- 1) Check current location of MSDB & Model Databases by executing below query SELECT name, physical_name AS...
View ArticleBlog Post: Extending your metadata with Extended Properties
Ever wanted to put a comment on a table? Or maybe even a column? How about an expiration date on a object? Well as it happens you can. Extended properties allow you to add a name/value property to a...
View ArticleBlog Post: Precon: The Enterprise Scripting Workshop #SQLSaturdayBR
You are cordially invited to a fantastic precon event before SQL Saturday Baton Rouge! The Enterprise Scripting Workshop is on Friday, July 31, and if you register before June 30 you’ll get the Early...
View ArticleBlog Post: Monday Morning SQL Break – May 18, 2015
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). This is a good chance to catch up on data platform...
View ArticleBlog Post: Microsoft Releases New Version of SP1 for SQL Server 2014
The much-troubled Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2014 has its latest revision, and allegedly resolves significant problems that made SQL stop working for numerous customers. The service pack originally...
View ArticleBlog Post: The Case for Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads
I recently was involved in a discussion about whether or not to enable the ‘Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads’ server configuration setting. My initial thought was to leave it disabled, since this is the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Getting Started with Microsoft Azure
By David Postlethwaite The URL for Microsoft Azure is http://azure.microsoft.com . Make sure you have an up to date browser because parts of this web site don’t work properly with Internet Explorer...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Backup Audit
I had a question come up last week from someone that wanted to know a few basic facts about their SQL Server backups for audit purposes. The facts they wanted were straightforward: Who took the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Adding new users & groups in windows
I do a lot of testing with security in SQL Server. And of course to do a thorough job of it I need not just SQL Server logins but Windows logins. And that means I need to be able to create and delete...
View ArticleBlog Post: It’s Hard To Destroy Data
It is surprisingly difficult to delete data permanently. SQL Server has sophisticated features that prevent all kinds of data loss, but the opposite is not true. SQL Server has very few features that...
View ArticleBlog Post: QS-Config v2.0 Enters Open Beta: Major Refactoring
QS-Config v2.0 has passed closed beta and is now entering open beta . Feature changes / additions: Supports PowerShell v2.0 and higher. Supports SQL Server 2014. One script for all supported versions...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL F.A.D. – Daily Identity Reset - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes you have to do some things considered pretty strange in your... The post SQL F.A.D. – Daily Identity Reset appeared first on WaterOx Consulting .
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server 2016 public preview arriving this summer
SQL Server 2016 was recently announced. Top new features include: Always Encrypted protects data at rest and in motion. With Always Encrypted, SQL Server can perform operations on encrypted data and...
View ArticleBlog Post: Coming soon: Minion Backup, featuring table based scheduling!
The MidnightDBA team is announcing the release of a new, free backup solution for SQL Server: Minion Backup arrives on June 1! Minion Backup by MidnightDBA is a stand-alone database backup module....
View ArticleBlog Post: Putting the ORM debate to bed
Hopefully this should put the ORM debate to bed, either use an ORM or don't but please don't access tables directly... There are obviously reasons behind all of this but if you follow this golden rule...
View ArticleBlog Post: MergUi 0.1.9
What is MergeUi? A Visual Studio Addin to create and edit MERGE statements in SSDT projects. What have you done? I have released a new version of MergeUi, thanks to Luca Zavarella for prodding me into...
View ArticleBlog Post: Behaviour change for delete … output … into in SQL Server 2014
A colleague of mine discovered an interesting behaviour change from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014. We recently upgraded one of our servers from SQL 2012 to SQL 2014 and a job started failing....
View ArticleBlog Post: Creating an Azure SQL Database
By David Postlethwaite Once you have logged in to the Azure Management Portal you can start to create an Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database is an example of Platform as a Service (PaaS), we don’t...
View ArticleBlog Post: What is the Difference between a Primary Key and a Foreign Key?
In this article we learn the difference between primary and foreign keys, and why both are important to maintaining a relational database structure. All the examples for this lesson are based on...
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