Often when working with XML data type we encounter issues with the schema validation for the incoming XML. SQL Server does allow us to have XML datatype without […]
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Finding candidate keys/Primary keys from data that needs to be imported
This is a continuation from the previous post where we went and inserted data from multiple CSV files into SQL server tables using linked server connection. Often the […]
Adding CSV files as linked Server Connection
I often get a lot of migration projects where the data needs to port from CSV format into SQL Server. Here is a quick way I achieve it […]
SQL 2019:- Truncation Error message and where it fails
I was wondering if I should even bother checking this feature out since it was pretty obvious what it does and how useful it is. I can’t even […]
SQL 2019:- Table Variable deferred compilation – PART 2
In the last post we ended with two questions remaining unanswered. Shouldn’t a more accurate row count have resulted in the correct amount of memory being granted and […]
SQL 2019:- Table Variable deferred compilation
One of the features being released in SQL 2019 that has got some attention is table variable deferred compilation. As its name suggests it applies to Table Variables […]
Tuning SQL Server – Simulating Performance issues
Check out the second video on our series on Tuning SQL Server. After explaining the data model in the first video, where we cover the process by which […]
Working with Filetable to upload documents into SQL Server
A simple script on how to setup and work with file tables in MS SQL Server. This basically does the bare minimum to setup and create filetables in […]
How to reset password for all users in WordPress site within MYSQL databases
A typical installation of WordPress usually has MySQL database as the backend, recently I found a need to reset the password for multiple users in one go. Here […]
SQL 2019:- sp_estimate_data_compression_savings
This procedure allows us to estimate the potential space savings on a table before we apply a compression algorithm. It’s not exactly a new feature of SQL 2019 […]