Restoring Editions

TempDB Deleted Accidentally

TempDB is the ALU of the SQL Server and if somehow this gets deleted Server cannot start. Here is a solution of how to get the server started when TempDB is deleted.

SQL 2008 SP/CU Patching Through Windows Scheduled Tasks

Automate patch installations using the task scheduler and command line hotfix options for SQL.

Killing Statistics

Clean unused space when a variable-length column is dropped from a SQL Server table or indexed view

Whenever rows or columns are deleted from a table, SQL Server reuses space to accommodate new data. However, this is not the case when a variable length column is deleted. The space used by this type of column is not reclaimed automatically. Variable length columns can be of data types varchar, nvarchar, varchar(max), nvarchar(max), varbinary, varbinary(max), text, ntext, image, sql_variant, and xml. In this tip, I have tried to put forth a solution to reclaim this space and this should work for SQL 2005 and later versions.

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Logged Operations

SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Integration Services - Managing Remote Processes Using Script Task

Marcin Policht discusses ways to launch processes for remote systems using SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services.

Using PowerShell to Manage SQLServer

This article provides a practical example of how Powershell can be used by DBAs.

TOP 10 SQL Server Requests That Should Be Automated

What DBA wouldn't want to make their job a little easier?