Tag: sql server

Collation in SQL Server

Database administration, Work with data • One Comment

Introduction You must have already heard the term “Collation” in SQL Server. Collation is a...
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Using Transaction ROLLBACK in SQL Server

Database administration, Statements, Transaction Log

Introduction Very recently, a colleague of mine came to me in desperation owning up that he had issued an update statement without a WHERE...
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SQL Server High availability: Add new disk to an existing failover cluster instance

Database administration, Database Optimization & Structure

In my previous article, I have explained the step-by-step process of installing a node in existing SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance....
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Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server for beginners

Database administration, Work with data

The article introduces the basics of dynamic data masking (DDM)  in SQL Server along with its...
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SQL Always On Availability Groups: Computer Objects

Availability Groups, Database administration

SQL Server Always On Availability Groups is Microsoft’s latest technology for addressing the High Availability and Disaster Recovery...
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Analytic Functions in SQL Server

Code Management, Tools & technologies

Aggregate and Analytic functions in SQL Server operate on a set of rows. However, unlike such aggregate functions as sum, count and average...
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Ranking Functions in SQL Server

Database development, Statements

Suppose you are designing an SQL Server database application for a company’s CEO and you have to...
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Automating the Tabular Model Processing of Analysis Services (SSAS) Databases in SQL Server

Automation, Database administration

This article talks about automating the processing of the Analysis Services database in SQL Server. Automation is one of the most important...
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Installing SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance – Part 1

Database administration, Database Optimization & Structure • One Comment

In this article, I am going to explain the process of installing SQL Server on failover cluster instance (FCI) on the primary node. First,...
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Automate Database Test Restore in SQL Server

Automation, Database administration, Testing

This article talks about automating the database restoration process which is often done manually...
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