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SQL–Tip : How to kill all connections to a database?
Usually DBA’s end up with a situation where they want to kill all connections to a database. There are couple of techniques to achieve this. Option 1: Take the database to single user mode, this will...
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SQL–Tip : How to move database files to a different location?
Sometime peoples might want to move the database files to a different location, as far as I know the only way to perform this involves three steps. Step 1: Detach the database. sp_detach_db {Database...
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SQL–Tips : Find recently executed queries in SQL Server?
There are many occasions where developers/DBA’s might want to check the recent ran query on the SQL Server. Today I ran into one such situation, we moved the database server to another datacenter and...
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SQL–Tip : How to disable a step in SQL Server Agent Job ?
You actually cannot disable a step in SQL Server Agent Job, but you can skip it. To skip a step open up the previous step –> Go to Advance tab –> On Success action: select the appropriate step.
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SQL–Tip : How to search for a text in all the Store Procedure in a database?
You can query all the stored procedures in a database using the following query. select * from sys.procedures To search for a text in all the stored procedures in a database use the following query....
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SQL–Tips : Enable/Disable Mirroring (T-SQL)
We are doing feasibility study on mirroring. For testing purpose I had to break/enable database mirroring multiple times. GUI is always better, but when you do the same thing frequently it will be...
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SQL–Tip : How to manually failover in SQL Mirroring?
Option 1 : Using TSQL Run the following script in principal server. ALTER DATABASE {Database Name} SET PARTNER FAILOVER Option 2 : Using GUI In principal server select the database which you want to...
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SQL–TIP : How to identify fragmentation % of the index?
Here is the query that give you the fragmentation in percentage of all the index in the selected database. SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(o.Schema_ID) AS SchemaName , OBJECT_NAME(s.[object_id]) AS TableName ,...
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SQL – Tip : How to move tempdb to different location?
Step 1: Execute the following query. USE master GO ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = tempdev, FILENAME = 'U:\mssql\data\tempdb.mdf') GO ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = templog,...
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SQL – Tip : How to change the SQL Server Instance Name ?
First get the current instance name using the following command. SELECT @@SERVERNAME Run the following query to update the server name. sp_dropserver '<OLD SERVER NAME>' GO sp_addserver '<NEW...
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SQL–Tip : How to kill all connections to a database?
Usually DBA’s end up with a situation where they want to kill all connections to a database. There are couple of techniques to achieve this. Option 1: Take the database to single user mode, this will...
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SQL–Tip : How to move database files to a different location?
Sometime peoples might want to move the database files to a different location, as far as I know the only way to perform this involves three steps. Step 1: Detach the database. sp_detach_db {Database...
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SQL–Tips : Find recently executed queries in SQL Server?
There are many occasions where developers/DBA’s might want to check the recent ran query on the SQL Server. Today I ran into one such situation, we moved the database server to another datacenter and...
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SQL–Tip : How to disable a step in SQL Server Agent Job ?
You actually cannot disable a step in SQL Server Agent Job, but you can skip it. To skip a step open up the previous step –> Go to Advance tab –> On Success action: select the appropriate step.
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SQL–Tip : How to search for a text in all the Store Procedure in a database?
You can query all the stored procedures in a database using the following query. select * from sys.procedures To search for a text in all the stored procedures in a database use the following query....
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SQL–Tips : Enable/Disable Mirroring (T-SQL)
We are doing feasibility study on mirroring. For testing purpose I had to break/enable database mirroring multiple times. GUI is always better, but when you do the same thing frequently it will be...
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SQL–Tip : How to manually failover in SQL Mirroring?
Option 1 : Using TSQL Run the following script in principal server. ALTER DATABASE {Database Name} SET PARTNER FAILOVER Option 2 : Using GUI In principal server select the database which you want to...
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SQL–TIP : How to identify fragmentation % of the index?
Here is the query that give you the fragmentation in percentage of all the index in the selected database. SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(o.Schema_ID) AS SchemaName , OBJECT_NAME(s.[object_id]) AS TableName ,...
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SQL – Tip : How to move tempdb to different location?
Step 1: Execute the following query. USE master GO ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = tempdev, FILENAME = 'U:\mssql\data\tempdb.mdf') GO ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = templog,...
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SQL – Tip : How to change the SQL Server Instance Name ?
First get the current instance name using the following command. SELECT @@SERVERNAME Run the following query to update the server name. sp_dropserver '<OLD SERVER NAME>' GO sp_addserver '<NEW...
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