by XTIVIA | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, SQL Server
Directory Tree: In Microsoft (MS) Windows, the C:\ drive is where your operating system (OS), programs, and other files typically reside. In Linux, this is known as the “root” directory and is represented with the forward slash character ( / ). In Windows,...
by XTIVIA | Oct 25, 2018 | Blog, SQL Server
Creating a new database in SQL server is a very common and general task for professionals dealing with SQL in an environment. There could be different ways of creating a new database. You can literally run a basic create DB statement, which will follow the default...
by XTIVIA | Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, MySQL
It can be helpful to compare and contrast two similar pieces of software, such as MySQL and MariaDB. Competition in the open business market often leads to innovation and breakthrough technology. Yet, when two competing companies go head-to-head, offering similar...
by XTIVIA | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog, SQL Server
Replication is a great way to copy tables/data from one server to another so you can do reporting on the second server. Within replication tables, stored procedure, functions, views, and indexed views are called articles but in this blog tables and articles mean the...
by XTIVIA | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog, SQL Server
AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG) is one of my favorite features in SQL Server and is worth considering when using SQL server 2012 or greater. One of the nicest features in AlwaysOn AG is that in a single subnet environment it can be totally transparent to your...
by XTIVIA | Jul 31, 2018 | Blog, SQL Server
What do you do when something that has been working for months suddenly stops working and gives you a SQL Error 8623? Worse yet, what do you do when that error message tells you to either rewrite your extremely complex query or spend some cash on a Microsoft customer...
