How to run a SQL query using command prompt without SQL SSMS
Introduction How to run a SQL query using command prompt without SQL SSMS Open CMD from Run and run the below command (CMD) to connect with Database engine. sqlcmd -S…
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Find IP and Port using SQL SSMS
Find IP and Port using SQL SSMS Find IP and Port of a SQL Server from a client machine. The script will not provide all the information if you are…
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How to find out user activity on database without any particular Auditing Sometime you may need to find out who ran some script or who is accessing the database or…
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Apply latest service pack to standalone SQL Server We have given a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (RTM) - 13.0.1601.5 (X64) Enterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 6.3…
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Scenario Sometimes you need to gather the SQL instance details in a proper format such as Server Name, Instance, Service account name. Today I am sharing a script that will…
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Scenario You often get complained that user is not able to connect to SQL server or Application is not able to connect to SQL for some reason. There might be…
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Introduction Error - System.Data.Sqltypes.SqlClent.SqlError:FILESTREAM feature is disable. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) Scenario A database backup from a test server provided to DBA team and asked to restore it on a pre-production SQL Server.…
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Introduction As per business requirements, a report needs to generate four times every month. The report will generated by a Stored Procedure. So the DBA's task is to execute the…
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Introduction Installing lower version SQL Server on a higher version of Windows Server may be problematic at times of installation. Recently we have faced such a scenario. We are sharing…
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Problem When your application uses the distribution transaction then you may encounter below error. Error: The operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI11" for linked server "Linked_Server_Name"…
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