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SQL SERVER – SSMS Trick – Generating CSV file using Management Studio
In my previous blog I talked about using SQLCMD to generate a comma separate files for the table data. Some blog readers reported that why we should use SQLCMD or BCP to generate the file when the same...
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SQL SERVER – Customization of New Query in SQL Server Management Studio
Recently I was working with one of my friends who handles production server databases as a senior DBA. He told that recently one of the Jr. DBA was fired from his company because he has run a drop...
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SQL SERVER – Filter In-Memory OLTP Tables in SSMS
Earlier I had written a blog about SQL SERVER – Beginning In-Memory OLTP with Sample Example which covers the basics of working with In-Memory OLTP. Though that post gets you started, one of my...
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SQL SERVER – Finding Tables Created Last Week – DBA Tip
My conversations with my DBA friends are always interesting. They have unique ways to solve problems and organizations take them for granted. Most of the DBA’s want to be in control of their...
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SQL SERVER – Generating Meaningful Test Data with dbForge Data Generator for...
Recently I faced with necessity of generating meaningful SQL data for testing purposes. During my search for a proper application for the task, I found out that Devart, a recognized developer of...
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SQL SERVER – Increase Characters Displayed in Text Results
Working with various SQL Server options is always a great feeling. Every now and then I go to the Options page to get just the thing I want. When I wrote the blog post – SQL SERVER – Getting started...
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SQL SERVER – SSMS Query Command(s) completed successfully without ANY Results...
What do you do when you encounter something that you didn’t expect? A lot of times such experiences take you to a state of shock or a state of bafflement. The curiosity sometimes pushes you off the...
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SQL SERVER – Trick – Running SSMS With Different Windows Account
Recently in one of my interaction with a DBA inside a big financial organization, I was surprised to see that the administrator was logging into a desktop / server using a different credential. What...
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SQL SERVER – Save and Send Execution Plan Via Email
Here is an interesting question, I received the other day. Hi Pinal, I have a very big graphical execution plan and I want to send it to my friend. My first thought was to send him query to execute on...
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SQL SERVER – Getting to understand SQL Server Activity Monitor in SSMS
This site is flooded with blog posts around SQL Server Management Studio’s Activity Monitor capability. In fact, we have written few special case scenarios on how to use the same. In this blog post, I...
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