Manually querying V$ views or AWR is inefficient and difficult to track over the long term. Through automated s, we can continuously collect Top SQL, establish historical data, and form a complete ...

Joey on SQL Server How To Automate Tasks in Azure SQL Database Knowing how to automate tasks in the cloud will make you a more productive DBA. Here are the key concepts to understand about cloud ...

Can you import the Foxpro data into a SQL database first? No sense it trying to hack your way around running queries on this data in its current state needlessly.

I'm not much of a BATCH scripter (More of a BASH scripter) but I have an issue I need to work out and would like some help (Though I've probably already hexed myself by admitting I work in Linux). I'm ...

Worryingly, integrated attacks on these applications are becoming more prevalent and automated as well, meaning that businesses should brace for a surge of new activity. Over the third quarter of 2013 ...

In part 2 of a series, On VB columnist Joe Kunk provides a Visual Basic program to generate a SQL script that clears all the data from a SQL Server database.

Flat File Import into SQL Server Now that you’ve automated the fetching of your flat file via FTP, the next step is to automatically import that file into SQL Server.