Recently, my team got a requirement to reduce the size of one of our SQL Server databases to boost the performance of that DB. As a team, we analyzed this requirement and identified a few ways to do this. In this article, I will walk you through multiple ways to shrink a database in SQL … Read more
Recently, we were working on an SQL Server database migration project. For the critical tables, we generated scripts, including their data, which made our job easy during migration activities. In this article, I will walk you through all the steps to generate the script for the table with data in SQL Server in real-time. How … Read more
As a SQL developer, as part of my daily tasks, I used to work on multiple issues where I used to find the primary key of a table in an SQL server. In this article, I will walk you through multiple approaches. How To Get The Primary Key Of A Table In SQL Server Let … Read more
Being a senior developer in SQL Server, I have often been asked to count the number of columns in different tables in SQL server concerning performance optimization. I have identified a few simple approaches to do this. In this article, I will walk you through all those ways to count the number of columns in … Read more
As an SQL Server DBA, you will encounter many scenarios in which enabling the SA (System Administrator) account is necessary. My daily activity is troubleshooting authentication issues and working on some Legacy applications that require sa access. Based on my analysis, I have identified some simple approaches to enabling an account in SQL Server. In … Read more
As a DBA working with SQL server and managing SQL Server environments, I have created tons of users in SQL server. It is crucial to know how to do this task smoothly. In this article, I will walk you through the simplest approaches I used to follow to create SQL server user. How To Create … Read more
As a database administrator working in an SQL server, one of my daily activities is to grant different users access to different database objects. In this article, I will walk you through multiple ways to grant write access to SQL server tables. Check out How To Create A User In SQL Server Database before starting. … Read more
Recently, I was trying to create a partitioned table in an SQL server; after executing the SQL script, I got this error. In this article, I will walk you through the solution. Partition Columns For A Unique Index Must Be A Subset Of The Index Key. I tried executing the SQL script below. The moment I executed … Read more
As a senior SQL developer working with a reputed MNC, my daily activities involved dealing with large tables, and that’s where table partitioning helped me a lot. In this article, I will walk you through all the complete steps to implementing table partitioning in SQL servers with real-time examples. Table Partitioning In SQL Server With … Read more
As an SQL developer, I often need to drop a table based on certain conditions. After my analysis, I identified that OBJECT_ID IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE, which is a great way to achieve this. In this article, I will walk you through the complete steps to use this pattern. SQL Server If Object_ID Is … Read more