Do you have a large data import that leaves your indexes less than perfect? Do you want to backup your current database before you run a purge package? You are in luck; SSIS contains a handful of ...

Yet another SQL question! I have a large Python script that I use to perform a lot of geoprocessing and SQL queries on. Geoprocessing is basically a basket of various spatially-enabled processes that ...

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So I have a specific database that won't release and shrink its log files. The DB backups are happening successfully, but I still have 4GB of logfiles (and no, this DB does not generate 4GB of log ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...