On last Friday , one of my colleagues had some issue related to accessing of SQL Server instance of database server machine in the office through his machine. I think this is generalized problem and might be faced by many of us. So to begin with default port of SQL SERVER is 1433 , …
In last post, TIP#96 We have configured Database E-mail. Now in this post we will see how to send mail in SQL SERVER. Sometimes we need to send mail for different requirements like 1) Notification mails like data inserted /updated/deleted successfully 2)Send data reports like no of amount earned, failed transaction etc. for this …
For different reason we need to send database report , data and other SQL Server database related stuff using E-mail . SQL Server provides E-mail functionality using “Database Email” feature. We can setup any E-mail in few simple steps. Let’s follow below steps Step 1:- Open “Management” option of object Explorer in SQL SERVER …
Although , It is out of box but I would like to share here. I am very choosy in food. When my mother/wife cooked food and I didn’t like the taste then I explicitly said I didn’t like but when food taste was awesome then I didn’t say a word. My mother taught me “You …
SET XACT_ABORT is one of the hidden gem we can say. It is helpful in many ways.Let me explain by an example suppose you are working on a stored procedure which is doing a complex data manipulation. You though this query will run with in 1 minute when you run it from .NET or other …
Hello friends,Many times we face space issues with our database. To resolve this problem SQL Server 2005 provided one more solution which is VARDECIMAL feature. ** VARDECIMAL feature exist in SQL SERVER’s Developer & Enterprise edition. ** This feature is not available in SQL Server 2005’s Standard edition. I hope by the name it is …
In last post TIP #91 we talked about What is Data compression ? What are the features ? Now in this tip we will take implement the data compression with basic steps.So lets follow the steps1) Right click on the table on which you need to implement compression. You will get following menu just select …
SQL Server is a uniquely designed Relational Database Management System developed by Microsoft. Its basic functionalities include storing, manipulating and retrieving data requested by multiple software applications running on a single computer or on any other machine across a network. Details of SQL Server Database: For storing SQL Server data individual files are created for …
A part from performance many times we faced challenges related to space of our database. Sometimes our database is actually taking huge space and sometimes it our mistake due to which it took space. It is worst condition when you are on a dedicated hosting or cloud hosting with limited space. In such case “Compression” …
When we heard “Kill” then first impression of this word is very bad. We always scare with this word. In real world we never want this action from anyone but in SQL Server case it is very helpful and help us many times. This feature we can use but very carefully. It is something like …