One of the main benefits of using SQL scripts for database automation is that they are easy to write and understand. SQL is a widely used and standardized language that can work with different ...

SQL Server 2005's Management Studio offers lots of new functionality, but you can't always use a GUI. Sometimes you need to run a script from the command line, especially for an upgrade or install ...

However, writing and maintaining SQL scripts for data manipulation can be challenging, especially if you have complex or dynamic queries, multiple data sources, or frequent changes. In this ...

Another week and another useful dbatools snippet for you today. Last week at work I was given a folder of 1,500 scripts – each containing a create table statement. Can you imagine having to open each ...

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. In part one of this article, I described a ...