http://learnsqlwithbru.com Bru Medishetty's SQL Server Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/30/finding-databases-which-had-transaction-log-growth/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/30/finding-databases-which-had-transaction-log-growth/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:11 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=669 Ever wanted to know the list of databases where Transaction Log file grew? The following T-SQL script will give the list of the databases and how many times the log file grew by using the auto-grow value. This information is available … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/30/finding-databases-which-had-transaction-log-growth/feed/ 0 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/06/offset-and-fetch-new-in-sql-server-2012/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/06/offset-and-fetch-new-in-sql-server-2012/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:24 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=2039 In this article we shall learn how to limit the numbers of rows returned by a query using OFFSET and FETCH clause introduced in SQL Server 2012. The following query is executed against AdventureWorks Database. SELECT SalesOrderID,SalesOrderDetailID,OrderQty,SpecialOfferID FROM [Sales].[SalesOrderDetail] ORDER … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/06/offset-and-fetch-new-in-sql-server-2012/feed/ 3 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/02/concat-new-string-function-in-sql-server-2012/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/02/concat-new-string-function-in-sql-server-2012/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:05:09 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=1998 CONCAT is a new String function introduced in SQL Server 2012. This function returns an output which is a concatenated string value of the argument values passed in the function. The function would need a minimum of 2 values to … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/12/02/concat-new-string-function-in-sql-server-2012/feed/ 2 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/11/11/most-1s-in-sql-server-datetime-value/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/11/11/most-1s-in-sql-server-datetime-value/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:57:57 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=1673 Today is one of those rare days where you can see a lots of 1s in the date i.e, 11/11/2011. To add to that, the clock ticks 11:11:11 everyday, so I planned to capture the SQL Server datetime value returned by GETDATE() function. … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/11/11/most-1s-in-sql-server-datetime-value/feed/ 0 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/08/16/list-of-all-data-and-log-files-of-a-sql-instance/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/08/16/list-of-all-data-and-log-files-of-a-sql-instance/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:00:49 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=718 Ever faced a sitaution where you had to find out all the database files (Data and Log) of a SQL Instance? I came across this situaion many times, especially when I am working with a new SQL Instance which was … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2011/08/16/list-of-all-data-and-log-files-of-a-sql-instance/feed/ 0 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/30/dropping-a-column-from-a-table-using-t-sql-sql-server/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/30/dropping-a-column-from-a-table-using-t-sql-sql-server/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 04:00:57 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=1126 This blog explains how to drop a column from a table using T-SQL query. It might be easy to do it from SSMS, on the other side, it is not always convenient to do it from SSMS. When you have … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/30/dropping-a-column-from-a-table-using-t-sql-sql-server/feed/ 0 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/24/creating-primary-key-in-a-sql-server-table/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/24/creating-primary-key-in-a-sql-server-table/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 04:00:04 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=1067 In this blog we shall learn how to create a Primary Key on a table using T-SQL. A Primary Key on a table can be either created at the time of creating the table or after the table is created … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/24/creating-primary-key-in-a-sql-server-table/feed/ 1 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/17/db_name-system-function-in-sql-server/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/17/db_name-system-function-in-sql-server/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 04:00:01 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=972 In this blog, let’s take a look at a SQL Server System function, DB_NAME() . This function is pretty handy when writing scripts that need you to identify the the Database name based on Database ID. DB_NAME() DB_NAME() function accepts an optional integer parameter … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/05/17/db_name-system-function-in-sql-server/feed/ 0 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/04/12/find-databases-without-recent-full-backups/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/04/12/find-databases-without-recent-full-backups/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:38 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=744 One of the important tasks a SQL Server DBA does is database backup. While maintaining the backups of the important database is important, the need to monitor that the exists a valid Full backups for the databases is equally important. … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/04/12/find-databases-without-recent-full-backups/feed/ 0 http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/04/06/sql-server-backup-file-info-using-t-sql-query/ http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/04/06/sql-server-backup-file-info-using-t-sql-query/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:00:01 +0000 Brumedishetty http://learnsqlwithbru.com/?p=692 Few days back, I was asked this question. Using T-SQL is there a way to find the backup details about a database? Including physical location of the database where the backup of a particular database was performed. I did recollect … Continue reading →]]> http://learnsqlwithbru.com/2010/04/06/sql-server-backup-file-info-using-t-sql-query/feed/ 0