Thursday, March 28, 2013

SQL Server Backup and Restore



SQL Server Backup and Restore
Backup is the most important process to protect your database from unintentional/intentional users behavior – user may delete all data from a table accidentally or update it – if one of your

Monday, February 18, 2013

SQL Server Batch Update



Always we should take care of database server performance but sometimes you need to perform a huge update on your table/tables this will affect performance for concurrent users and they will complain about it.

Monday, November 12, 2012

SQL Server Perfroamcne Tunning



Database Performance:
Performance is the most important thing that you have to think about, if your database performance is low then you will face with a lot of calls, emails, and client (customer) dissatisfaction.

System Performance Counter for SQL Server



Monitoring Server
Using System Monitor (Performance Monitor)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Table Level VS Column Level Constraints



Table Level VS Column Level Constraints:
In this article we will differentiate between column level constraints and row level constraints.
Constraint is a way of enforcing rules in the database, and it maintains the integrity of the database.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

SQL Server Database Creation



SQL Server Database Creation:
Database Planning:
1.       Storage.
Space needed to store your database the size of database determines where you can store it, and the growth of database will determine the size of storage you need to store data.

Information Security: Phishing



Phishing:
          Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information (and sometimes, indirectly, money) such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Difference between Primary Key and Candidate Key



Difference between Primary Key and Candidate Key:
Primary key is a uniquely identifies each record in the relation, it cannot accept null values. The primary key may be one attribute or a composite of attributes, e.g.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

SQL Server Security


SQL Server Security
This is first post about SQL Server Security, in this post we will speak about Sever Configuration:
First you need clear plan about your installation; what services you want, and what you aren’t, if you need SSAS, SSRS, Filestream and so on

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Eliminate holidays (weekends, specific day) using T-SQL


Eliminate holidays (weekends, specific day) using T-SQL
One of the tasks that may we have to deal with is how to eliminate weekends and holidays from a period using SQL server, e.g. if you want to calculate number of business days for specific company you may need to eliminate Saturday and Sunday or Friday.