SQL Script to find the databases size

Sometimes we need to find out the size of the database on a server. Below SQL Scripts can be used to find out the size of all the databases created on the server.  ;WITH DBSize (SqlServerInstanceName, DatabaseName, DatabaseSize, DBLogSize, TotalDBSize) AS (   SELECT      @@SERVERNAME SqlServerInstanceName,             db.name AS […]

Continue Reading

T-SQL script to find the growth size of database files

Below query can be used to see the growth size of database files. DECLARE @filename NVARCHAR(1000); DECLARE @bc INT; DECLARE @ec INT; DECLARE @bfn VARCHAR(1000); DECLARE @efn VARCHAR(10); — Get the name of the current default trace SELECT @filename = CAST(value AS NVARCHAR(1000)) FROM ::fn_trace_getinfo(DEFAULT) WHERE traceid = 1 AND property = 2; — rip […]

Continue Reading

How to restore database backup in SQL SERVER

In this article, I am going to explain the process of  Database restoration using the SQL Server Management Studio. In this article, I will try to explain this process in a simple way so that a database developer having little knowledge of DBA can restore that database using the database backup. For database restoration process, […]

Continue Reading

How to take Database backup in SQL SERVER

Introduction This article explain the simple way to take the database backup in SQL SERVER which can be easily understandable by the database programmer having little knowledge of DBA. For taking the database backup, we need to follow the given step.Step 1:- Open the SQL Sever Management Studio. For this we have to follow the following […]

Continue Reading

Database Creation using SQL Sever Management Studio (SSMS)

In the previous article (Database Creation using Create Database command), I explained the database creation using the Create database command. In this article, I am going to explain the steps of creation a database using SQL Sever Management Studio (SSMS) using SQL Server 2008 R2. These below database creation steps will be same for SQLServer […]

Continue Reading

Database Creation using Create Database command

In SQL Server, database can be created by 2 ways:-  Using Create Database command  Using SQL Sever Management Studio (SSMS). In this article, I am going to explain the database creation using the command CREATE DATABASE. Syntax for creating a database through Create database command is given below:- CREATE DATABASE  ‘Database name’ ON  PRIMARY   […]

Continue Reading