SQL Server – Get SQL Server Service Account using T-SQL
SQL Server service account information is stored in Windows Registry database. You can get this information from Services Console or...
2013-08-20
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SQL Server – Import text file using xp_cmdshell
There are several options available to import data from external sources to SQL Server. Such as Import & Export Wizard, BULK...
2013-07-29
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SQL Server – Get values as DATETIME from sysjobhistory
This is a follow-up post on SQL Server – Check SQL Agent Job History using T-SQL.
SQL Server Agent stores SQL jobs...
2013-07-22
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SQL Server – SELECTing/Displaying Top N rows from a table
To SELECT only top N rows from a table we can use TOP clause in SELECT statement. Using TOP clause...
2013-07-15
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SQL Server – How to change SQL Server ERRORLOG location
By default SQL Server ERRORLOG is stored in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\InstanceFolder\MSSQL\Log" folder. The ERRORLOG location is configured as a...
2013-07-12 (first published: 2013-07-08)
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SQL Server – How to connect to SQL Server when ‘sa’ account is disabled
If you have lost the password for sa account or does not have any administrative account and you are locked...
2013-07-03 (first published: 2013-07-01)
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SQL Server – How to Enable a Disabled SQL Server Login
When an account is disable it cannot be used to login to SQL Server. You will receive below error when...
2013-06-24
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SQL Server – Update Table with INNER JOIN
Often we may need to update a column in a table based of another column in another table.
In SQL Server...
2013-06-18
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SQL Server – How to get sizes of all databases on a server
To get database size information we can use sys.master_files catalog view. This view contains a row per file of a...
2013-06-10
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SQL Server – How to Detach a Database
To move a database from one location to other you fist need to detach the database from server. In this...
2013-06-03
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