Applies to: SQL Server This topic describes how to restore files and filegroups in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL. In This Topic Before you begin: Limitations and Restrictions Security To restore files and filegroups, using: SQL Server Management Studio Transact...
filegroups in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio, Transact-SQL, or PowerShell. When the database size and performance requirements make a full database backup impractical, you can create a file backup instead. Afile backupcontains all the data in one or more files (or file...
REMOVE FILElogical_file_nameRemoves the logical file description from an instance of SQL Server and deletes the physical file. The file cannot be removed unless it is empty. logical_file_nameIs the logical name used in SQL Server when referencing the file. ...
SQL Server files have two file name types: logical_file_name:Thelogical_file_nameis the name used to refer to the physical file in all Transact-SQL statements. The logical file name must comply with the rules for SQL Server identifiers and must be unique among logical file names in the da...
In the next a few months I will talk a bit about SQL Server Storage Engine covering how SQL Server stores the data; what is the format of data row and data page; what are the allocation maps; and so on. We will see how it goes and where to stop. ...
The purpose of this sample is to demonstrate filegroup and file capabilities in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. For information about this feature, refer to the topic, "Designing Files and Filegroups" in SQL Server Books Online. Scenario Filegroups allow files to be grouped together for administrative...
Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 Note You can find information about the latest SQL Server builds fromWhere to find information about the latest SQL Server builds. Status Microsoft has confirmed that thi...
database that contains a partitioned table in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or SQL Server 2012. The partitions of the table are mapped to different filegroups, and some filegroup mappings are invalid. When you run the DBCC CHECKDB statement, the invalid filegroups are detected and r...
Creating, Altering, and Removing a Log File in Visual Basic The code example creates aLogFileobject, changes one of the properties, and then removes it from the database. vbnet 'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.DimsrvAsServer srv =NewServer'Referen...
In SQL Server, the locations of all the files in a database are recorded in the primary file of the database and in the master database. The SQL Server Database Engine uses the file location information from the master database most of the time. However, the Database Engine uses the ...