Tag Archives: microsoft sql server
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Command shell steps in SQL Agent jobs only process a single command.
1April 23, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I was working on a SQL Agent job recently that required a series of command shell commands. And it would …
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Exploring system tables, views, SPs etc
Leave a commentApril 18, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I wanted to spend a few minutes highlighting a couple of important tools for figuring out what information you have …
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I’ve gotten a transaction log full error but when I look it’s not full??
2April 16, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Every now and again I’ll get an error telling me a transaction log is full. This can be for any …
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Deleting a lot of data
5April 12, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently had the task of deleting a bit over a billion rows from a table. Now I could have …
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Exploring permissions with sp_DBPermissions and sp_SrvPermissions : TSQL Tuesday 101
1April 10, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Our host for T-SQL Tuesday this month is Jens Vestergaard (b/t) and he has asked about our favorite SSMS tool. …
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SSMS’s Dark Theme
3April 4, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
There has been talk of a dark theme for SSMS for years. Does it exist, will it exist? Well, the …
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SQL Homework – April 2018 – Indexes
Leave a commentApril 2, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
This month we are going to look at a topic near and dear to both database developers and database administrators …
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What’s the difference between Files and Filegroups?
Leave a commentMarch 28, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Filegroups are a logical construct used to separate tables and indexes from each other, files are the physical construct …
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Moving a table using BCP and native format
3March 21, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
You need to move a table from one instance to another with the following requirements: The instances are on separate …
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DB_NAME() vs ORIGINAL_DB_NAME()
1March 15, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I’d never seen ORIGINAL_DB_NAME until recently and I thought it would be interesting to highlight it out, and in particular …
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