Easy way to reseed identity column ? TIP #77
Sometimes, we may require to reseed identity column of a table due to various reason.
For example we have deleted a...
2014-12-20
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Sequence feature TIP #76
Although it is a old feature for those who knows ORACLE but for SQL server developers it is a new...
2014-12-10
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How to determine free space on each fixed drive of server machine using SQL SERVER ? TIP #75
When you do SQL Server maintenance one of important aspect is available space on server drive because your SQL SERVER...
2014-12-06
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How to disable constraints of a table ? TIP #74
You are reading this post just because of two reason
1) You are curious whether it is possible or not...
2014-11-20
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How to determine Meta data or result set information of a stored procedure /trigger ? TIP # 73
Sometimes it may require that you don’t know what will be output of a stored procedure ? what kind of result...
2014-11-19
454 reads
How to replace a specific string from a large string with Write feature ? TIP #72
This is very interesting feature and I recently come to know this awesome feature.
Lets understand this by an example below...
2014-11-14
327 reads
How explicitly insert default value ? TIP #72
Suppose, sometimes you just need entry in the table with all the default values.
For example you have a Student...
2014-11-10
210 reads
How to pause execution for particular time or interval ? TIP #71
Suppose, We are working on a stored procedure in which some complex operation is going. We are fetching some value...
2014-11-09
284 reads
How to find all running SQL Server Instance on a machine ? TIP #70
Hello friends,
Many times it happened with me I forgot the instance name of SQL Server.
So here is a small trick...
2014-11-07
294 reads
How to copy table structure only from a SQL Query ? Tip #69
Recently , one of my friends shared that some interviewer asked him a question “How to copy table structure only from...
2014-11-03
746 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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