I have a SQL Server database that's 145GB, about 80% of that space is occupied by "files". Staff have the ability to upload files from the web front end application into the database, this is used ...

The tool scans the SQL database (MDF/NDF) file and displays all the database objects, including the deleted records. You can then select and save the deleted records in a new database file. This helps ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

I'm having to robocopy SQL 2005 dbs to another server for backup, and the other server is running SQL 2000. What is the T-SQL I need to use in order to delete files older than 'x' days?

Now that you’ve automated the fetching of your flat file via FTP, the next step is to automatically import that file into SQL Server. To do this, we’ll use an SQL Server Agent Job.

You can save a backup of your MS SQL databases to a single file on your hard drive. These backup files have names ending with the ".bak" file extension, and you use them to restore database ...

Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

SELECT: retrieves, manipulates, and displays PC file data that is described by a view descriptor. SELECT can also use data described by a PROC SQL or DATA step view or data in a SAS data file. A ...