Vinoth is currently a Senior SQL Server DBA and 10 years of experience as SQL Server DBA. Started my career as a DBA in SQL 6.5/7 has worked in all subsequent SQL Server version. Vinoth has worked in some of the largest SQL server environments in the world in various domains ranging from Finance, Retail, Manufacturing, Consulting, Web etc. Vinoth has Engineering Degree in Computer Science and has certified in MCITP - Database Adminstrator in 2008/2005, MCDBA and ITIL Foundation V3.

SQL Server - Oracle Architectural comparison

by Vinoth-NM

SQLTechnet

This is one of the session I took for SQL DBA to understand the basics of Oracle, Its a powerpoint presentation but...

2012-08-06

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Auto Shrink of all T-Log File on a SQL Instance - TSQL

by Vinoth-NM

SQLTechnet

This Script will shrink all the T-Log files of SQL instance if there is no active tracsaction on the database. The...

2012-08-02

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Replace NOT IN with JOIN

by Vinoth-NM

SQLTechnet

Example of how to replace NOT IN clause with JOIN

/*NOT IN query*/
USEAdventureWorks;GOSELECTProductIDFROMProduction.ProductWHEREProductIDNOTIN(SELECTProductIDFROMProduction.WorkOrder);

/*JOIN Query*/:-
SELECTp.ProductIDFROMProduction.ProductpLEFTJOINProduction.WorkOrderwONp.ProductID=w.ProductIDWHEREw.ProductIDISNULL;

2012-08-02

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SQL database Incremental Shrink TSQL

by Vinoth-NM

SQLTechnet

When we shrink a SQL database through GUI we usually find the database never releases all the free space, It...

2012-08-02

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SQL security scripting - TSQL

by Vinoth-NM

SQLTechnet

SQL DBA often needs to script SQL Logins,Server roles,database users and Roles. Although its easy to script login,roles and users with...

2012-08-02

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Set Up SQL Server Mirroring T-SQL Script

by Vinoth-NM

SQLTechnet

T-SQL Script to create a SQL Mirroring:-

The first thing you need to do when setting up Database Mirroring is perform...

2012-08-01

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Blogs

Solving SQL Server Mysteries with a Whole Gang of Sleuths -Scooby Dooing Episode 4

By Monica Rathbun

One thing I’ve always loved about the Scooby-Doo cartoon is that he never solved...

SQL Server Availability Groups

Flexibility and Scale at the Database Level When SQL Server 2012 introduced Availability Groups...

Modify Power BI page visibility and active status with Semantic Link Labs

By Meagan Longoria

Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing...

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Forums

Password Guidance

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Using table variables in T-SQL

By Alessandro Mortola

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Using table variables in T-SQL

Azure elastic query credential question

I am trying to check out elastic query between two test instances we have...

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Question of the Day

Using table variables in T-SQL

What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+?

declare @t1 table (id int);

insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3);

select count(*)
from @t1
where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;

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