In this article, I am going to explain how we can split the large backup file into multiple small backup files using SSMS 2016. I will also explain how we can combine multiple backups to restore a database and split the backup of the SQL database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
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In this article, I am going to explain how we can enforce the SQL database best practices using Policy-Based Management. The policy-based management feature of SQL Server was introduced in SQL Server 2005. This feature was useful because it helps database administrators to define and enforce the database policies based on the organizations’ requirements.
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In this article, we will learn the concept of SQL tables and then work on how we can create tables with different techniques in SQL Server.
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This article gives you an insight into SQL Server Index properties in SSMS.
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SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is a popular client tool to connect with SQL Server and perform various development and administrative tasks. Beginner developers or DBAs might not be familiar with T-SQL or code for specific tasks. Even for an expert DBA, query templates and shortcuts help immensely to save time and improve productivity. SSMS template explorer is an often-overlooked solution, but it is a useful feature.
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DBAs and developers manage a broad set of queries, codes, applications. It is a good practice to organize code or t-SQL scripts so that we can easily access them without wasting time searching for them. You might use Visual Studio, GitHub source control for it. In this article, we look at how Solutions and Projects help to organize T-SQL scripts.
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This is the fourth article in a series of learning the CREATE VIEW SQL statement. So far, we have done a great deal of creating and altering views using T-SQL. In this last part, I want to take a big look at how to work with indexed views.
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This is the third article in a series of learning the CREATE VIEW SQL statement. So far, I’d say that we’re comfortable and familiar with the syntax, and we’ve learned how to create and modify views. In this part, we’ll continue to work on views using the sample database and data that we created so far.
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In this article, I’m going to explain what the Execution Plans in SQL Server are and how to understand the details of an execution plan by reading the various metrics available once we hover over the components in the plan.
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Database Administrators are vigilant on the backup and restore processes and use the Monitor Transaction log for the same. SQL Server Transaction Log shipping’s prime steps are Transaction Log backup, copy and restore. The answer to solving Disaster Recovery (DR) at the database level can be achieved by SQL Server Transaction Log shipping.
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This article explains different ways to filter the objects in the object explorer of the SSMS 2016. When we are working with hundreds of databases or hundreds of objects within a database, then it becomes challenging to locate a specific database or database object. To handle such challenges, we can use the filter option in the SQL Server management studio. In the SQL Server management studio, we can apply a filter on the following objects.
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In my previous article, we looked at how to use the CREATE VIEW SQL statement to create views. In this one, we are moving on and focusing on how to modify views. We will continue using examples on a sample database and data created in the first write-up so in order to follow along, head over and read the Creating views in SQL Server part before starting with this one.
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In this article, we will run through the new options added in the Query Store with SSMS v18.4.
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This article explores the SSMS Code Snippet feature and ways to customize it.
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This article explains the process of defining custom color codes for SQL Server connections in SSMS.
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In this article, we will explore various ways for scripting SQL Server database objects.
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This article demonstrates different methods to attach SQL Server MDF files. First, let me explain about the database files.
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This article gives you an overview of BACPAC package and its usage in SQL Database data refresh (data import and export) using SQL Server management studio.
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Microsoft SQL Server Server Management is an advanced development environment that enables us to configure, manage and administrate SQL Server database engines. SSMS is very popular and widely used by the database developers and administrators because of the following advantages:
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In this article, we are going to see how to use the CREATE VIEW SQL statement to create a view. This is the first article in a series that will be a programmatical approach of creating, altering and working with views using T-SQL. If you are a beginner and you don’t even know what a view is, don’t worry. We will kick off with a definition, and then move on to some basics like syntax, examples, use cases, etc.
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This article explores different ways to generate data scripts using Azure Data Studio and SQL Server Management Studio.
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This article explains how we can fix SQL Server error “Agent XPs Disabled”. Before we dive into troubleshooting and methods for fixing the error, let me explain about Microsoft SQL Server Agent and the Agent XPs configuration parameter.
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This article targets the beginners and gives an introduction of the clustered index in SQL Server.
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This article explains the SQL Server single-user mode and how to configure an automated email alert when the state of the user database changes to the single-user mode. To send an alert, we will create a DDL trigger that executes when the user runs the ALTER DATABASE query. It collects the pieces of information using EVENTDATA() function, saves it in a temporary table, and sends an HTML formatted email.
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In this article, we will learn the basics of the view concept in SQL Server and then explore methods to create a view in SQL using T-SQL and SQL Server Management Studio.
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