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.

Force Recovery Using T-SQL Commands . To bring a SQL Server database back online after it becomes unresponsive or enters a recovery state, use Transact-SQL (T-SQL) instructions. This method is ...

In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in Windows 11/10, we will also download a SQL Server and connect it to SSMS.

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.