A Python script to backup all data from a SQL database into a JSON file and restore it back into the database in case of data loss or database clearing.

Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we performed ...

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In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

I have a SQL server that is freezing IO on all DBs 6 times per day at about 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm, and 10pm. These only freeze IO for approximately 2 seconds each time, but it is long enough that ...

Microsoft announced a roadmap shift, indicating that it will focus on supporting Open Database Connectivity for SQL Server application programming interfaces in the near future. The shift is of ...