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Different T-SQL Date Variations for Date Dimensions

belle — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:28:36 +0000

Just another handy code snippet for generating dates for date dimensions in your data warehouse. I am providing just the select statement here, but to generate (massive) date records, just create and set your start and end date variables, and enclose your insert and the code below in your WHILE loop. Here’s a table summary [...]

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tablediff.exe – Compare and Synchronize your SQL Server tables

belle — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:35:36 +0000

Need to check if your tables in 2 different servers are out-of-sync? SQL Server comes with a command line tool that does the job. It’s called tablediff.exe (read up BOL entry for this nifty tool). By default, you can find this in the COM directory of your SQL Server install folder. In SQL Server 2005 [...]

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Excellent Free Ebooks from RedGate

belle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:39:25 +0000

Excellent Free Ebooks from RedGate SQL Server eBook Selection 1. Protecting SQL Server Data by John Magnabosco 2. The Art of High Performance SQL by Grant Fritchey 3. The Art of XSD by Jacob Sebastian 4. Two Minute SQL Server Stumpers Vol. 5 DBA Ebooks Bundle 1. Mastering SQL Server Profiler 2. Brad’s Sure Guide [...]

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SQL Server XML Red Gate Ebook, XQuery Labs

belle — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:35:09 +0000

Jacob Sebastian is a SQL Server XML Guru! Check out his collection for XQUery Labs. This is the first 12 of his series, and right now he has 43 and counting: XQuery Sample Scripts * XQuery Lab 1 – Transforming rows to columns * XQuery Lab 2 – An example using OUTER APPLY * XQuery [...]

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SQL Server PowerShell : Search for SQL Server Objects Using PowerShell

belle — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:49:31 +0000

I have posted previously 3 different ways of searching for SQL Server Objects (How to Search for Columns in SQL Server ). Here’s a fourth one! Check out how powerful and flexible PowerShell is when you need to look for a database object. In the script below, I only search databases, tables, columns, and indexes. [...]

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SQL Server PowerShell : How to Audit Your SQL Server Instance Properties Using PowerShell and SMO

belle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:11:27 +0000

Here is a simple script to audit your SQL Server Instance Properties. Note that the property names are not hardcoded. We query each of these properties, and use those to display the property values. If you prefer, you can also query directly each of the properties of an instance. If this is the case, just [...]

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SQL Server PowerShell : How to Restore SQL Server Databases Using SMO and PowerShell

belle — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:05:34 +0000

A follow-up to my previous post: How to Restore SQL Server Databases Using SMO and PowerShell In this post I will show you how you can restore your database to : 1. the existing database (same database name) 2. a different database (different database name, different mdf and ldf) As with the previous post, to [...]

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SQL Server PowerShell : How to Backup SQL Server Databases Using SMO and PowerShell

belle — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:04:27 +0000

PowerShell makes it easier to manage even your database backups and restore. To do a SQL Server backup in SQL Server, you will need to use the SMO SqlBackup method. In SQL Server 2008, you will need to load Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended assembly otherwise, you will get the following error: Cannot find type [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup]: make sure the [...]

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