SQL Server backup is a daily task for database maintenance. The purpose of backup is to restore the database and transaction log to the most recent point when there is a data loss, corruption, or even hardware failure. In the following article, I will share 6 commonly used methods to bac...
Without losing the existing investment in the application (table designs, data, queries, forms, reports, macros and modules), data can be moved to SQL Server and the Access database linked to it. Once in SQL Server, other platforms such as Visual Studio .NET can be used to create Windows...
How to Check Database State? To check the state of a database in SQL Server, you can use the following query: SELECT name, state_desc FROM sys.databases; This query will return a list of all the databases on your SQL Server instance and their current state. The state_desc column will...
Performing Common Database Tasks (SQL Server Compact) Save Add to CollectionsAdd to plan Share via Facebookx.comLinkedInEmail Print Article 09/27/2010 In this topic, you will learn how to create a Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 database on a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server ...
Method 1.Restore aFull Database BackupusingSQL Server Management Studio. Step 1: OpenSQL Server Management Studioand connect to the appropriate instance ofMicrosoft SQL Server Database EngineinObject Explorer. Step 2: InGeneral, click on theDeviceoption to get path location, click onAdd buttonto...
Delete old database backup files automatically in SQL Server using SQL Server Maintenance plan: SQL Server Maintenance plans are another way of deleting old backup files by using the cleanup task. When connected to the server, expand it and theManagementfolder after. Then right click onMaintenanc...
To revert a database to a database snapshotIdentify the database snapshot to which you want to revert the database. You can view the snapshots on a database in SQL Server Management Studio (see How to: View a Database Snapshot (SQL Server Management Studio)). Also, you can identify...
Here are the steps you can follow to migrate data from SQLite to SQL Server through the ODBC Migration tool: Step 1: Downloading an ODBC Driver for SQLite Step 2: Installing the Driver Step 3: Creating a System DSN for the Database Step 4: Creating a Linked Server in SQL Server Step ...
In rare situations like database level permission issues, you may need to drop all the tables from a SQL Server database and recreate them.
To restore the backup to a newer SQL Server version: On the target SQL instance, create an empty database to hold the data and objects restored from the backup StartApexSQL Diff Click theNewbutton in theProject managementwindow: In theSourcepanel: ...