For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

Got a MSSQL script for backing up all databases on a server. It basically backs up all but the TEMP db. But what I want to do is exclude just two of the databases from being backed up. So I've got ...

This task is about learning how to back up a database and restore it in case something goes wrong, like a system crash or data loss. Backing up a database means saving a copy of all the data and its ...

One of the major challenges that SQL Server admins face nowadays is corruption in MDF file. When a database is corrupted, it goes into the suspect state or you may fail to access the tables, stored ...