In order to ensure consistency, you need to run the DBCC CHECKDB SQL Server command regularly. I'll talk more about CHECKDB later in this article. First, let's talk about database corruption.

SQL server will allow zero-length strings without issue, as long as your datatype supports it. Just assign the string value of ('') and you're done, no headaches.

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...