The default setting in SQL Server 2005 and later is to keep a trace running all … SQL Server Default TraceRead more
Author: Tomas Lind
Tomas Lind - Consulting services as SQL Server DBA and Database Developer at High Coast Database Solutions AB.
SQL Server Alert not firing
When you set up SQL Server alerts on your SQL Server instance, make sure to run … SQL Server Alert not firingRead more
Database Snapshots Intro
Database Snapshots is an Enterprise feature introduced in SQL Server 2005, and represent a database and … Database Snapshots IntroRead more
Performance Monitor Data into SQL Server tables
On a machine running SQL Server there are a lot of performance counters that can be … Performance Monitor Data into SQL Server tablesRead more
SQL Agent job history gets deleted
Ever wondered why the SQL Agent job execution history gets deleted at regular intervals?
Send database mail from SQL Server with Gmail
Did you know you can use Gmail to send emails from SQL Server?
Get Inserted, Updated and Deleted members from MDS
To get all inserted or updated members from a SQL Server MDS database, subscription views are … Get Inserted, Updated and Deleted members from MDSRead more
Running an MapForce mapping from SSIS
In an earlier blog post I demonstrated how to map between hierarchical (XML) and relational (SQL) … Running an MapForce mapping from SSISRead more
Using MapForce to insert hierarchical XML to relational tables
In an earlier blog post, I demonstrated a way to insert a hierarchical XML document into … Using MapForce to insert hierarchical XML to relational tablesRead more
Max or min value from a set of columns
The min and max aggregates in SQL Server are normally used to work over rows, getting … Max or min value from a set of columnsRead more