With SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced “Temporal Tables,” also known as “System-Versioned Temporal Tables,” it’s such a feature that brought the built-in support for gathering information about the data stored in tables at any time. System-versioned temporal tables are very useful, as they provide rich information about the data itself (stored in the database) and…

SQL Server saves its data in MDF/LDF files. If the SQL Server gets crashed while performing a transaction due to any hardware or software failure, then the transaction will not be complete, and the next time may give you an error or the table will remain inaccessible. In such a case, you should run the…

In SQL Server, each user has a default database associated with the account. Whenever the user tries to log in without mentioning a database, then the default database remains the active one. But, when the default database is not available, or the SQL Server does not find the database, then it gives an error message…

An SQL Server Administrator performs database restoration when some information from the database is missing. The restoration procedure requires the SQL backup file and transaction logs to restore the database data as it was present before deletion. In some cases, when the restoration is complete, and you try to access the data, then you may…

Microsoft initially launched SQL Server, one of the most famous relational database management systems, 29 years ago on April 24, 1989, as SQL Server 1.0. And since then, SQL Server has evolved in such a way, regarding which no one has ever had an idea that this software will turn into something this amazing. Available…