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As you know I have started a new series on "Exploring SSMS" by which I will be posting some features that are available in SSMS which will be very helping during the development. In this post we will see how to open query window at default when opening SSMS. When you start SSMS, by default...
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In my previous post in this tutorial ( here ), I introduced the system stored procedures that would allow us to create a SQL Trace, define events and data columns to capture and start the trace using nothing but pure T-SQL code. Today, we will see the following: How to use the graphical Profiler to generate...
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For those who have been following my posts, you would recollect that I had run a 6-part series on SQL Profiler tutorials some time ago. Based on the feedback received, I am now presenting a 4-part extension to the series. In this part, I will describe how the capturing of a SQL Trace can be done in an...
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Recently, I was working with a developer colleague of mine to troubleshoot an issue he had with one of his queries. A stored procedure he wrote was consuming data from another procedure and was not functioning as expected. I suspected the issue to be a missing change in the related stored procedure....
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As you know I have started a new series on "Exploring SSMS" by which I will be posting some features that are available in SSMS which will be very helping during the development. In this post we will see how to insert code template for creating a table, stored procedure, login etc in the SQL...
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As you know I have started a new series on "Exploring SSMS" by which I will be posting some features that are available in SSMS which will be very helping during the development. In this post we will see how to know to hide system databases from the SQL Server management studio. In the Tool...
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I recently had the opportunity to view some of the newest courses from Pluralsight , an organization that offers online training courses for developers. One of the courses that I viewed was the SQL Server Questions & Answers ( http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/Courses/TableOfContents...
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02-22-2012
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As you know, I recently completed a 10-part tutorial series on the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). As I finished writing the tutorial, I remembered that one of the issues most SQL Server developers encounter are the slow load times of the SSMS. Sometimes, SSMS is just not fast enough for a quick...
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All systems are susceptible to failure. No software is perfect, and therefore it is natural that SSMS too will fail. Today, I have put together some of the most common failures that I have experienced with SSMS and their known workarounds. The reason I have kept this part of the tutorial as a L200 is...
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02-15-2012
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As mentioned in Part 01 of this tutorial series, one of the key responsibilities of SSMS was to replace the erstwhile SQL Server Enterprise Manager – the interface that is used to manage & maintain the SQL Server instance configuration. In addition to the tools and utilities available within the...
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One of the most important aspects of SQL Server administration and maintenance is the ability to review and changing the existing configuration of the server. In Part 01 of this tutorial series, I had mentioned that one of the key responsibilities of SSMS was to replace the erstwhile SQL Server Enterprise...
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02-08-2012
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The SQL Server Management studio contains many pop-up utilities and tools that help in improving the productivity of our day-to-day database administration and maintenance tasks. While most of these would be implemented using T-SQL code in production, these tools & utilities are a great way to get...
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The SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) continues to fascinate me with it’s immense wealth of features geared towards developer & administrator usability. What’s more amazing is that some features perform multiple useful functions depending upon the context. Today, we will have a look at one such...
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The SQL Server Management Studio is truly an Integrated Development Environment. There are utilities, tools and graphical designers available within SSMS which are useful to audiences of multiple levels. The graphical designers are a set of utilities, which allow one to perform basic SQL Server development...
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For those who have worked in Enterprise environments, documentation is of utmost importance. Documentation can be in the form of a text-based document, or a graphical document (in the form of a diagram). A data dictionary is a centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships...