Author: Nisarg Upadhyay

Nisarg is a SQL Server Database Administrator and Microsoft certified professional who has more than 5 years of experience with SQL Server administration and 2 years with Oracle 10g database administration. He has expertise in database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery, HA and DR setup, database migrations and upgrades. He has completed the Bachelors in Information Technology from Ganpat University.

How to Delete Entire MySQL Database

Database administration, MySQL, Work with data

In some cases, we need to drop the entire database from the MySQL community server. This is simple...
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SQL DEFAULT Constraint to Insert Column with a Default Value to SQL Server Table

Database development, Tables

To insert data into a table having columns with default constraints, we can use the DEFAULT constraint to a default value in a table. This...
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Understanding SQL DELETE Column from Table

Database development, SSMS, Statements, Tools & technologies

Adding and removing columns are among the most common tasks when you manage tables in databases. And it might seem strange, but many users...
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Understanding DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SQL Statement

Database development, Statements

The T SQL DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement is used to drop existing database objects. In this...
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3 Methods to Rebuild All Indexes for All Tables with T-SQL in SQL Server Database

Database development, Indexes, Languages & Coding, T-SQL, Tables

There are several methods of how to rebuild all indexes of all tables in SQL Server, among them: Using SQL Server maintenance plans. Using...
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SQL Server: Renaming Indexes using the sp_rename Procedure

Database development, Indexes, Stored Procedures

Not so long ago, I was working on a project where we needed to change the data type of a table. The table had millions of rows, and we...
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Create and Configure Oracle Linked Server in SQL Server

Database development

This article explains the step-by-step process of creating and configuring a linked server between...
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4 Ways to Count Rows in SQL Server Table with Pros and Cons

Database development, Statements, Tables

Recently, I was working on a database performance improvement project. One stored procedure there was causing issues. In its code, a query...
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Understanding DROP TABLE Statement in SQL Server

Database development, Statements, Tables

The SQL Server DROP TABLE statement serves to drop the table from the database. This article will explain some use scenarios and illustrate...
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Basics of SQL Server ALTER TABLE Statement

Database development, Statements, Tables

This article focuses on the ALTER TABLE statement in SQL Server and the following tasks on SQL...
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