An interesting use case came up recently about misusing databases keys by piggy backing off the DBID of another database that already exists. This is a theoretical exercise […]
administration / Azure / Database / MSSQL
How to modify a bacpac file – Moving databases from Azure SQL to SQL VM
When working with Azure SQL databases one of the challenges is how difficult it is to move data across environments. Say for example we have a production database […]
Modifying a bacpac file
When working with Azure SQL databases one of the biggest irritants is the lack of access to backup files. A lot of the time we need to refresh […]
Updating Stats in Azure SQL Database
Recently we were having some issues with DTU utilization in Microsoft SQL Azure. One of the troubleshooting steps that was suggested was the update statistics and rebuild indexes. […]
Profile columns for indexes
Every once in a while, as part of a consulting project I need to investigate all the different columns and datatypes used within the tables. Often in order […]
Monty Hall Simulation using T-SQL
The first time I heard about the Monty Hall problem was while watching TV. The host of the TV show had presented the problem as you typically see. […]
Query to quickly profile a column
Every once in a while, there is a need to quickly profile columns in a table. typically as part of a redesign, the below query help quickly profile […]
Part 2:- Learning T SQL for beginners – Datatypes
In the previous post I talked about what Microsoft SQL Server programming language (T-SQL) is about. I also explained what a table is and what basic information is requires. In this […]
Part 1:- Learning T SQL for beginners- SQL, Tables and Nulls
Learning SQL is easy when you have a good understanding of the basics. Everything else is based on the basics and it’s been the same since RDBMS (relational […]
Query to find execution time of Jobs
Recently we have been facing couple of issues with regard to the way the jobs have been scheduled. To investigate this, we needed a query that can identify the execution […]