Build a CREATE TABLE statement from the output of a Stored Procedure with dm_exec_describe_first_result_set
Day-to-day database administration and development on SQL Server will often require creating a temporary table to hold the output of some stored procedure. The code below uses the dm_exec_describe_first_result_set 1 system dynamic management function, or…
Error Log Analysis Script
SQL Server Error Logs show various aspects regarding the state of the SQL Server Instance. Error log analysis helps ensure nothing unexpected happens, and is useful for diagnosing existing problems. The error log is stored…
Moving Data to a New Filegroup
Occasionally, you may need to move a table from one filegroup to another. Perhaps someone inadvertently created a table in the system filegroup, but company policy dictates never to do that. Perhaps you need to…
Fix Orphaned Users, Instance-Wide
The Overview Orphaned users are database principals that are no longer associated with a server principal, or login. This happens frequently when restoring a database from one server onto another server that doesn’t have the…
Example BCP export and import commands
The Microsoft Bulk Copy Utility, BCP.exe, can be used to copy data from a table in one SQL Server instance to the same table in another SQL Server instance. Since the BCP Utility is designed…
Optimal Log File Growth and Virtual Log Files
Intro The SQL Server Transaction Log is a critical component of each database, and should be managed pro-actively. Optimal log file growth is simple to setup, but knowing the right numbers to use for initial…
