From the monthly archives: February 2012
DATABASE SNAPSHOTS were added to the SQL Server product in the 2005 version. They are great for saving a version of the database before major data changes happen and perfect for rolling back the changes if they are not successful. While books online suggest other uses, I think this one is the best. [...]
The most basic Microsoft SQL Server database is composed of two operating system files: a primary data file and a transaction log file. If possible, the data and log files should be on different physical disks. Today, I am going to be re-creating the [WILDLIFE] database using this simple design in preparation for talking [...]
A Microsoft SQL Server database is composed of at least two operating system files: a primary data file and a transaction log file. I am going to be talking about how to define databases with multiple files tonight.
There are three types of operating system files.
PRIMARY data file is the starting point [...]
The BCP command line utility is the Cadillac of ETL programs for text based data files. It is REALLY FAST. It can perform data imports, data exports and generate format files. What it lacks in the transformation step can be crafted with custom TSQL.
Today, I am going to concentrate on [...]
Tonight, I want to revisit the [WILD LIFE] database that we were using last time. The main goal is to correctly search the [ANIMALS] table returning all [NAME]‘s that contain the word fly. We want the query plan associated with our query to use a index to speed up overall execution time.
The first solution [...]
I want to revisit the [WILD LIFE] database that we were using last time. First goal is to create a full text index (FTI) using the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) graphical user interface (GUI). Second goal is to have our SELECT query perform a INDEX SEEK using the FTI.
We have the [...]
The BCP command line utility is the Cadillac of ETL programs for text based data files. It is REALLY FAST. It can perform both imports and exports and it can generate format files from existing objects.
Today, I am going implement the same business algorithms I did earlier (Part 2) using the BCP [...]
The most ANNOYING thing is to come across a database that is still owned by the user that created it. In prior server versions, this was a big deal since users owned objects and ownership had to be changed before the user could be removed from the system. Therefore, if user named ford created a [...]
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