This is a fun thought exercise…. in MS SQL Server, use a linked server to compare how many rows are in each table of a backup development server with how many rows are in the actual production server. This would be especially relevant if you just did a database backup from prod into development and now want to see a few hours later on what tables the most growth is happening on…
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TSQL How to Query the Recovery Model and Log Location of all Databases
If you are maintaining the databases on a server, you’ll likely want a comprehensive view of what each database’s recovery model is as well as where the database and log files are stored. An added bonus is seeing how large each file has grown so you can shrink them if necessary. You can see this all in one place using a handy query…
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MS Excel is a great tool that a lot of employees at a company are very familiar with using. It helps structure and organize data in a way that is very intuitive to users without the users needing to be especially technical. So it should come as no surprise that sometimes you will want to write code to interface with data from Excel. Continue reading “How to Loop Through an Excel Spreadsheet in a .NET Application”
