In my previous article, I have briefly covered database statistics, its importance, and why statistics should be updated. Moreover, I have demonstrated a step by step process to create a SQL Server maintenance plan to update statistics. In this article, the following issues will be explained: 1. How to update statistics using T-SQL Command. 2. How to identify the frequently updated tables using T-SQL and also how to update the statistics of tables with frequently inserted/ updated / deleted data . Read More
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Report Builder Basics for Power Users and IT Professionals
This is an introductory article about the Microsoft Report Builder tool which is used to build and manage paginated reports.
Additionally, you are going to learn how to create SSRS reports by using the report builder tool.
This article also highlights the importance of using standalone report authoring tools for quick management of reports as compared to full-fledged SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for designing, developing, testing, and deploying SSRS reports. Read More
T-SQL Regular expression: LIKE Operator and its use-cases.
A regular expression is a rule which defines how characters can appear in an expression. It’s a sequence of character or text which determines the search pattern. In SQL databases, selecting values based on regular expressions defined in the WHERE condition can be very useful. Following are a few use cases of how you can use regular expressions. Read More
Switching Out Table Partitions in SQL Server: A Walkthrough
Introduction
A few years ago we were tasked with a business requirement for card data in a specific format for the purpose of something called “reconciliation”. The idea was to present the data in a table to an application which would consume and process the data which would have a retention period of six months. We had to create a new database for this business need and then create the core table as a partitioned table. The process described here is the process we use to ensure that data older than six months is moved out of the table in a clean fashion. Read More
Creating Professional SSRS Report based on Stored Procedure
This article talks about creating a professional SSRS report based on a stored procedure to meet the business specification.
Additionally, the readers of this article will learn how to implement the report procedure correctly to run a report according to its frequency. Read More
AlwaysOn Availability Groups: Quorum
SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups is Microsoft’s latest technology for addressing the High Availability and Disaster Recovery needs of organizations using SQL Server. One big advantage of AlwaysOn is the ability to address both HA and DR in one implementation. The key benefits of AlwaysOn that we have experienced are as follows: Read More
How to Write Stored Procedures for Professional SSRS Reports
In this article, we’ll talk about professional SQL Server Reporting Services reports, how to create stored procedures for these reports to meet business requirements, and the benefits of using stored procedures to run behind SSRS reports.
About Professional SSRS Reports
Let’s first get familiar with professional SSRS reports.
Simple Definition
A professional SSRS report is a report created with the standard practices of report development in mind and which has been thoroughly tested to be capable of fulfilling business requirements.
In other words, a professional SSRS report is very carefully designed, developed, tested, and deployed to the target environment to make sure it serves the purpose and is beneficial to the business. Read More
Update SQL Server statistics using a database maintenance plan
Database backups, integrity checks, and performance optimizations are core regular tasks of DBAs. The client data is very important for a DBA to manage the database backup and make sure the integrity of the backups. So if something goes wrong with a production database, it can be recovered with minimum downtime. The database integrity checks are also important because, in the case of database corruption, it can be corrected with minimum downtime and data loss. Managing database performance is also important. Managing database performance is a combination of multiple tasks. Read More
Creating Customer-Focused SSRS Reports with Parameters
This article talks about how to create a basic customer-focused report using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
The article also highlights the importance of utilizing the full potential of the SSRS reporting technology by using parameters in SSRS reports – for example, to meet business specifications.
The main focus of this article is to prepare the readers who already have a T-SQL background to create SSRS reports for customers. In this way, the customers can run these reports based on their desired input values rather than on default values provided by report developers. Read More
How to Document Your SQL Server Database
The process of documenting a SQL Server database is a complete and continuous process that should start during the database design and development phases and continue during all database related life cycles in a way that ensures having an up-to-date version of the database documentation that reflects reality at any point in time. If performed properly, the generated database documentation file will contain an up to date and complete list for the database objects and a brief description for these database objects. Read More