Learn how to use sqlcmd to run a Transact-SQL script file. It can contain Transact-SQL statements, sqlcmd commands, and scripting variables. Use sqlcmd to run a Transact-SQL script file. A ...

We are excited to announce the public preview availability of two new command line tools for SQL Server: The mssql-scripter tool enables developers, DBAs, and sysadmins to generate CREATE and INSERT T ...

Load a csv data file into an MS SQL Server database with a dynamically generated table based on the csv header columns and data values using a powershell script. This script generates the table and ...

A common practice on-premise to improve the performance of SQL Server workloads is storing TempDB and/or Buffer Pool Extensions (SQL Server 2014) on SSDs. The former improves the performance of ...

The importance of automating processes can’t be overestimated. Most things start out as a manual procedure until you work out exactly how things should happen, but many times they stay that way ...

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 ...