Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

Obtain information about database objects and the database as a whole. Gives information about the roles and users of an application. You can use the str () function to operate on a character or ...

This article, “ SQL Server Management Objects: Finally ready for prime time,” was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Sean McCown’s Database Underground blog and follow the ...

Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc. - MicrosoftDocs/sql-docs ...

We have responsibility across the spectrum, from low-level drivers up through the big GUI tools: SMO [SQL Server Management Objects], DacFX [Data-Tier Application Framework], SQL PowerShell, SSDT ...

Connect to your SQL Server instance, then in the object explorer pane drill down and highlight a container, such as Tables. Then click View => Object Explorer Details from the top menu bar.

But not everyone has VB skills, and writing SMO (SQL Server Management Objects) is neither easy nor intuitive. PowerShell allows you to script a database in just 21 characters of code and schedule ...

SQLSERVER:\SQL This provider houses all of the basic objects: databases, tables, stored procedures, views, etc. SQLSERVER:\SQLPolicy This exposes all of the SQL Server Policy Based Management objects.

This code example shows how to create an e-mail account in SMO. Database Mail is represented by the <xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Mail.SqlMail> object and referenced by the ...