Database and Disk Size - PowerShell Script
Every time we do a capacity analysis we need to analyse the database size (free and used) and the disk...
2012-08-14
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Drive Size - PowerShell Script
The below script is used to find the disk size for a set of servers,
## Script to Find List of...
2012-08-14
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Troubleshooting Performance - Top CPU Queries
Today I came accross white paper "Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server" by Sunil Agarwal, Boris Baryshnikov, Tom Davidson, Keith...
2012-08-14
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Find AD user detail - PowerShell Script
I developed the below script to find the details of a AD user and the AD groups he is associated...
2012-08-13
7,914 reads
Find Members of AD Group - PowerShell Script
This is one of the powershell script I have been using quite regularly from the day I developed. Most of SQL...
2012-08-13
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Forcing network protocol to connect SQL server
Whenever there is a network issue or a SQL server browser issue we might need to connect SQL server in different...
2012-08-09
1,242 reads
Service pack Native Client, SQL XML4 and VSSWriter failed
One of my client accidentally executed a 32 bit service pack on a 64 bit SQL Server, the service Pack...
2012-08-09
1,541 reads
SSIS: Transfer SQL Server Object using SMO
we often face a situation to move SQL server object beween servers or databases, when you have constant table list...
2012-08-08
5,575 reads
Blocking in SQL Server by SPID -2 (Orphan distributed transactions)
Blocking in in SQL Server by SPID -2 happens due to Orphan DTC transaction, for instance whenever a data source...
2012-08-06
5,740 reads
Rollback TRUNCATE TABLE statement
Whenever I ask a SQL candidate in an interview the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE TABLE, the first answer I...
2012-08-06
2,433 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers