SQL Server / System Stored Procedures / Auto generated System Stored Procedures ‘dt_’
Posted by Barac in SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks on Feb 26th, 2020 | 0 comments
Searching through my staging/test database and looking for ‘text’, ‘ntext’ data types I stumbled upon 31 system stored procedure starting with the prefix ‘dt_’. I was mostly interested in two of them using text datatype as an input parameter. So what are those Stored Procedures? Using different Visual Tools against SQL Server, such as Enterprise Manager or design tools, will trigger auto generated code and create set of System Stored Procedures. Prefix ‘dt_’ stands for ‘DaVinci...
SQL Server / PowerShell / Exporting data from a SQL Server table to multiple comma-separated value (CSV) files using PowerShell
Posted by Barac in Powershell, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks on Jan 28th, 2020 | 0 comments
Export SQL Data to multiple CSV files. There are many different ways to do this (SSIS, TSQL) but I think that PowerShell could be really efficient tool for such small random tasks. For this example I will use test table with 17220 rows. First step is to export whole table to CSV file using export-csv cmdlet. Export-CSV converts objects into a series of comma-separated value (CSV) strings and saves the strings to a file. If you want to find more details about Export-CSV cmdlet and see more usage examples you can read this MS article. param (...
Azure SQL Managed Instance / Database Migration Service (DMS) / Online Data Migration / Migrate your database to Azure SQL Managed Instance
Posted by Barac in Azure, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks on Dec 23rd, 2019 | 0 comments
Using Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) you can easily migrate your databases from multiple sources to Azure Data platforms with minimal downtime. For this example we are going to use following: Azure Database Migration Service (DMS), Premium tier (4 vCores) DMS Project: Online Data Migration Source: SQL Server 2017, 8CPU, 64GB Memory Target: Azure SQL Managed Instance, 16 vCores, 80GB Memory More details about DMS and how to download and install you can find in this MS article. First step we will be to deploy Database Migration...
Azure SQL Managed Instance / Migration / Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) / Evaluate your workload before you migrate your database to Azure SQL Managed Instance
Posted by Barac in Azure, SQL Server on Nov 11th, 2019 | 0 comments
Using Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) you can evaluate your current production workload from your current environment and analyze how will that workload perform in your new targeted environment. For this example we are going to use following: Source: SQL Server 2017, 32CPU, 256GB Memory Target: Azure SQL Managed Instance, BC Gen5 (16 vCores, 80GB Memory) DEA VM: SQL Server 2017, 4CPU, 32GB Memory Workload: 10minutes XE trace (XEL), size 19.9GB I will use DEA to capture, analyze and compare source and target...
Azure SQL Managed Instance / Migration / Data Migration Assistant (DMA) / Assess on-premises SQL Server instance
Posted by Barac in Azure, SQL Server on Oct 30th, 2019 | 0 comments
Before we migrate our database to the cloud we need to assess our on-premises SQL Server instance and Data Migration Assistant (DMA) tool can help us with that. Using Data Migration Assistant (DMA) tool we can detect potential compatibility issues which may impact our database functionality after migration to Azure SQL managed Instance. DMA main functionalities: Discover issues that can affect an upgrade to an on-premises SQL Server Discover new features in the target SQL Server platform Migrate an on-premises SQL Server instance to a modern...
Azure SQL Managed Instance / Migration from on-premises SQL Server instance to Azure SQL Managed Instance
Posted by Barac in Azure, SQL Server on Oct 9th, 2019 | 0 comments
Database migration from on premises SQL Server instance (SQL Server 2017) to Azure SQL Managed Instance. With series of posts I will try to describe whole database migration process from on premise SQL Server to the cloud. First step will be to determine whether Azure SQL Managed Instance is compatible with the database requirements of business application. Step 1. Assess managed instance compatibility I used Data Migration Assistant (DMA) to detect potential compatibility issues impacting database functionality on Azure SQL managed Instance....
Azure SQL Managed Instances / SSMS / Connect to SQL Managed Instance / Public Endpoint
Posted by Barac in Azure, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks on Sep 5th, 2019 | 0 comments
In the previous post we had example how to connect to Azure SQL Managed Instance from Azure VM within same VNet using private endpoint Now I will show you how to connect to the SQL Managed Instance from your remote location using public endpoint. First go to your SQL MI and select Virtual Network Enable Public Endpoint (data) option Public endpoint provides the ability to connect to Managed Instance from the Internet without using VPN and is for data communication (TDS) only. After enabling your SQL MI will have 2 connection...
Azure SQL Managed Instances / SSMS / Connect to SQL Managed Instance / Private Endpoint
Posted by Barac in Azure, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks on Aug 30th, 2019 | 0 comments
There are different ways to connect to SQL Managed Instance using SSMS. One of the easiest ways to do that is using Private Endpoint. Azure SQL Managed Instance provides a private endpoint to allow connectivity from inside its virtual network. In this example we are going to use azure VM within the same Virtual Network as SQL Managed Instance. You should create VM inside the same VNet but different subnet. When you create SQL Managed Instance you will have following resources in you Resource Group: SQL managed instance Virtual Network Network...
SQLSATURDAY 866 Auckland, New Zealand / Use PowerShell to deploy and configure Azure SQL Database (PaaS) with good resilience to outages and with integrated Azure SQL Analytics monitoring solution
Posted by Barac in SQL Server, SQLSATURDAY on Aug 16th, 2019 | 0 comments
Last weekend, I had the privilege of speaking at SQLSaturday Auckland 2019. It was a great pleasure being a part of this awesome event and met so many amazing people. Many thanks to all attendees and thanks to Leila Etaati, Reza Rad, Indira Bandari and everyone else for organising yet another great event! Title: Use PowerShell to deploy and configure Azure SQL Database (PaaS) with good resilience to outages and with integrated Azure SQL Analytics monitoring solution. Duration: 30 Minutes Speaker: Zoran Barac Abstract: Use one single...
SQLSATURDAY 866 Auckland, New Zealand
Posted by Barac in SQL Server on Aug 1st, 2019 | 0 comments
SQLSaturday is a free training event for Microsoft Data Platform professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server, Business Intelligence and Analytics. This event will be held on Aug 10 2019 at Unitec Institute of Technology, 139 Carrington Rd, Mount Albert, Auckland, Auckland, 1025, New Zealand Here you can find more information regarding this event: https://www.sqlsaturday.com/866/EventHome.aspx Here you can find more information regarding full Conference Schedule:...
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My name is Zoran, currently living in Auckland, New Zealand. I am a database specialist with more than 10 years of hands-on experience in database administration and optimisation. Also, I am a Certified Microsoft Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert with a Master‘s degree in Information Technology.
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