SQL Q&A: Shrinking, Growing and Redesigning Databases
SQL databases come in all shapes and sizes and schemas. This month, our SQL expert helps with condensing, growing and redesigning databases.
2010-08-06
4,321 reads
Administration
Issues with running DBCC SHRINKFILE on your data files
Why would database performance remain low and fragmentation high event though the entire database has been defragmented every night? In this tip we cover how SHRINKFILE works and some of the issues it might create.
2010-07-27
5,053 reads
Find the Port a Connection is Using
If you have multiple ports, this article from Mark Greenbaum will tell you which port a connection is using
2010-07-07
8,029 reads
2010-06-10
3,931 reads
Make a 100+ Server Inventory in 30 minutes
Learn how you can generate a server inventory in 30 minutes for all of your servers with this new article from Stanley Chan.
2010-06-10
11,359 reads
SQL Server System Report
Overview report for tracking key database performance metrics, general system stats, overall activity, and general server info, including: properties and settings, uptime, drive space, DB size allocation, growth stats, backups, jobs, index fragmentation, missing and unused indexes, and much more.
2019-04-15 (first published: 2010-05-11)
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2010-05-03 (first published: 2010-04-23)
1,987 reads
2010-03-30
3,111 reads
2010-03-22
2,984 reads
2010-03-12
3,315 reads
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers