In this article, I am going to explain how we can install SQL Server 2012 express edition using the SQL Server installation center. Additionally, I will also explain how we can use the SQL Server installation configuration file to perform an unattended (silent) installation. First, download the SQL Server express edition from this location. Once the installation file is downloaded, let us begin the installation process.
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SQL Server Log shipping provides a DR (disaster recovery) solution for the SQL Server databases and it can be configured at the database level. In a specific time-gap, SQL Server Transaction Log backup will be taken and copied to the destination site and will be restored. This complete activity or solution will be done by SQL Server job and each step is configured by the user. The learner may confront the difficulties in a couple of steps or while troubleshooting but for the experienced user, it is too easy to set up and handle the SQL Server log shipping set up errors.
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Stored procedures (SPs) are one more powerful database object we have at our disposal. They can help us handle many tasks and improve performance and security. Today, we’ll take a look at simple SPs and show, on examples, how to use them.
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In this article, we will discuss the SQL Server Auto Shrink database property, which allows SQL Server to automatically shrink the database files when the value is configured as True in the database option. Automatic shrink operation is done by the server auto shrink database feature, which is the main course of this article.
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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, you will see how to implement a star schema in Power BI. Microsoft Power BI is a business analytics tool used to manipulate and analyze data from a variety of sources.
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This article explores the recovery of data removed by SQL Delete and SQL Truncate statements using SQL database backups.
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In this article, we look at how to create different types of relationships between two or more tables in the Power BI data model.
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T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of SQL language programming extensions developed by Sybase and Microsoft. These extensions are adopted in Microsoft SQL Server and it provides a powerful set of functions to execute analytics and administrative commands; also it is very helpful during data wrangling.
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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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Power BI is a data analytics tool developed by Microsoft used to visualize data and find useful insights. In this article, you will see how to work with the Query Editor in Power BI desktop. Power BI comes in various versions, i.e., Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Power BI Mobile, and Power BI Developer. Power BI desktop is the free version, and the query editor is available in all three versions.
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In this article, I am going to explain how we can split the data within the excel file and upload it to the tables created on the Azure SQL database.
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This article walks through different versions of the T-SQL IF EXISTS statement for the SQL database using various examples.
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In this article, we will discuss a number of interview questions that cover the SQL Server Replication concept, components, types, and troubleshooting scenarios.
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In this article, we will learn the SQL Average function which is known as AVG() function in T-SQL. AVG() function is an aggregate function that calculates the average value of a numerical dataset that returns from the SELECT statement.
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In this article, we will discuss a number of interview questions that you could be asked about the SQL Server Always On Availability Groups feature when attending an interview for the SQL Server database administrator role.
In this article, I have explained the step by step process of migrating data from SQL Server to Azure Cosmos database. To perform database migration, we will proceed in the following manner:
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This article discusses what exactly an Azure Data Explorer is and its important features. We will also walk through the Kusto query language and explore a sample data in the Data Explorer in Azure.
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Microsoft supports SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio. It is an exciting feature that allows creating a notebook for multiple languages such as Python, SQL, PowerShell. You might have heard about the Jupyter notebook. It is a popular web-based notebook that provides rich programming language support. SQL Notebook is an inspiration for the Jupyter notebook.
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In this article, we will give a brief overview of BIML by showing how it can be installed and how we can use it to generate SSIS packages using the BimlExpress tool. Finally, we will provide some good resources to learn this technology.
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You can create several user-defined objects in a database. One of these is definitely user-defined functions. When used as intended, they are a very powerful tool in databases. In today’s article, we’ll see how to create, change and remove them from the database, as well as how to use them. So, let’s dive into the matter.
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The Jupyter notebook is a powerful and interactive tool that supports various programming languages such as Python, R, Julia. This open-source utility is popular among data scientists and engineers. This notebook integrates both code and text in a document that allows you to execute code, view visualization, solve mathematical equations.
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In this article, we will learn the SQL CROSS JOIN concept and support our learnings with straightforward examples, which are explained with illustrations.
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This article explores the SSMS Code Snippet feature and ways to customize it.
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