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Customized SQL Scripts for DBA

Posted November 19, 2012
Hi DBA Guru,
 
Can you please help me with this? I am looking for some sort of SQL Script for my database administration and maintenance.
 
I want to create a table and the column names would be - the database name, current date, row count, data size, index size, etc.

In this table, I want to i…

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DBA Training

Posted July 11, 2012
Hi Sujeet,
 
                   I am new SQL DBA..I caught your blog while I was searching for some valuable blogs for SQL server in Google and I was very much happy for your kind advice. I would like to contact you to chat and ask you what we face the live issues in Sql server administration.. L…

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Career Change from System Administrator to SQL Server DBA

Posted July 10, 2012

Dear Sujeet,

I'm in need of advice from a sql expert, currently i'm working as a half level sql dba in a software company, technically i do mixture of both system administrator and dba, but i'm willing to move to MS SQL Dba to make that as my profession, i have 4 years experience and pretty amazi…

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Unable to connect to Remote SQL Server

Posted June 30, 2012


Hi Sir,
          I am having a doubt regarding one of the issues in SQL Server. Can you help me to find out the root cause? While trying to connect to a remote sever, I am getting the following error.

Error: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connect…

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Issue while Upgrading the Reporting Server

Posted June 30, 2012

Hi Sujeet,
 
I am Srinu working as a DBA and  recently I got one problem during upgradation.
In our Reproting Server (Standby) SQL Server 2005 SP4 (Version:9.0.5000) is installed, at present we want to upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition RTM (no Service packs, Version:9.0.1399). When I was…

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Way to DBA...

Posted March 18, 2012

Explore your career path to become a DBA and furthermore. Just choose your current job title to see what you might be doing in future @ http://www.sqldbaguru.com/career-path.

Live Chat with SqlDbaGuru - Timing Altered

Posted February 19, 2012

Dear Friends,

           Due to my time unavailabity, the timings for live chat has been altered. Now, its only available for 30 minutes biweekly - Mondays and Thursdays at  7:30 AM GMT / 8:30 AM BST (London)/ 01:00 PM IST (New Delhi) / 01:30 AM EST (USA New York).

           Thanks ag…

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My Salary Calculator

Posted January 31, 2012

Now here you go! If you are looking for what you are worth for, here is the tool to calculate the payscale based on the market survey. So, why not to try it? It provides key salary data based on your requirements. There are millions of unique salary profles to compare with. So, visit the home page o…

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Script to find out the SQL Server Fragmentation Level

Posted January 19, 2012

Dear Sujeet,

           Can you please suggest how to find the fragmentation level by using command prompt? Thanksin advance for your help.

Regards,

Kolla Srikanth

Urgently Need Real Time DBA Experience!

Posted January 19, 2012
Hi Sujeet,
      I am Suresh Kolla from Mumbai. I have completed B. Tech (IT) in 2008 and also have completed the SQL Server DBA course in one of the institutes in Hyderabad. Honestly speaking, initially still after my course I was not very confident with the subject but now after looking your webs…

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My SQL Server is hungry for ever...

Posted January 19, 2012
Hi Sujeet,
     I am very new to sql server, and I am working at a company where I am getting this kind of errors very frequently with almost every server. As per my knowledge , sql server takes memory from OS ,when it needs but does not releases though when it's not of any use later. So, pl…

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Secret to make more money in your career!

Posted September 8, 2011

Sujeet Shares his experience with Koenig - Solutions at http://www.koenig-solutions.com/training/FeaturedStudent.aspx?syear=2010&sid=585#anchorfs. Something more there...

Live Chat on SQL Server related issues with Sujeet!

Posted September 7, 2011

Hello everybody,

I feel very happy and excited as well as a pleasure to invite you all to the bi-weekly Live Chat sessions on the SQL Server Database administration and maintenance issues! My website, www.SqlDbaGuru.com, (born with a thought to help others struggling on the day to day database relat…

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SQL Server environment in a company

Posted September 6, 2011

Question: I am a fresher and want to become a SQL Server DBA. I would like to know about the SQL Server environment and how SQL Server is deployed practically in small scale firms? Could you please help me to have more insight on this? 

Solution: Good question. This is a very basic but a very valid…

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Want to Help Others?

Posted August 19, 2011

Dear Friend,

            If you are a SQL Server person, then just count that how many industry leaders and SQL techies know about you? Get yourself noticed globally by sharing your experience as an interviewer / interviewee for SQL DBA position helping others to learn from your mistakes or suggesti…

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I am a DBA and I need to grant a permission to an user in more than 60 databases. Can somebody help me?

Posted August 17, 2011

How to grant a permission to all the databases?

I am a DBA and I have got a request to add an user and grant him read access to all databases in a SQL server. Now, the problem is there are more than 60 databases hosted in the server and I do not wan to do it on all databases manually one by one. I…

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Getting prepared for the SQL Server DBA interview.

Posted August 15, 2011

Going for an Interview?

Now better be prepared before speaking up in an interview for the SQL Server DBA position and grab the opportunity. You can call at  88-26-648-648 or mail at sujeetsaha@gmail.com to fix up an appointment for a mock interview!

Please Dial 0091 before the number if callin…

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Explaining the licensing models in SQL Server.

Posted August 15, 2011

Dear Friends,

           On your constant requests for information on licensing models in SQL Server, you can now refer to my page - http://www.sqldbaguru.com/licensing. This applies almost same for SQL Server 2008 and 2005 but do let me know for further details if required.

Regards,

Suj…

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How to Become a Professional SQL Server DBA

Posted April 30, 2011
Friends,
         I started my career as a SQL Server developer and then moved towards SQL Server Database Administration. But it was very tough to change the career path as I didn't knew what to do and from where to start with! But then I managed and now have more than 8 years as a DBA form 11 year…

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SQL Server Future with Cloud Computing

Posted December 31, 2010
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