SQL 2008 - Central Management Servers, Part 1
This is introduction to the new feature of SQL2008 - Central Management Servers. A great way to manage hundreds of SQL Servers by combining them in groups.
View ArticleUsing sp_MSForEachDB With A Filter
A short tutorial on how to execute sp_MSForEachDB on selected databases only.
View ArticleSQL Server Internals: Hardware and processes
How do we query the server hardware from SQL Server? When was the SQL instance last started? What processes are running on the SQL Server? We can all of this using a set of fairly simple queries, if...
View ArticleHow to Script Data in SQL2008
Today we talk about a new feature of SQL2008 - scripting data. From existing objects in SQL2008 you can generate a script which creates the table and inserts all of its data.
View ArticleHow to Move Database Diagrams in SQL Server 2005-2008
Database diagrams definitely make it easier to understand table relationships, but what happens if you need that diagram in a different database? This video shows how to move database diagrams between...
View ArticleSSRS 2008 - Date And Time Formatting
This video shows how to format the date and time in the Reporting Services: YYMMDD or MMDDYY, or... It shows 2 different ways to format the dates - individually or globally.
View ArticleTablediff - Compare Data in SQL Server Tables
Tablediff.exe is a command line tool used for SQL Server replication, however we can use it to compare the data in two tables. Also, we can generate scripts to make the data in the two tables equal....
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