SQL Server – Temporary Tables

SQL Server temp tables are very useful for temporary modifications or transformations to data that we do not need to keep rather than manipulate or work with permanent tables. Let’s say you want full DDL or DML access to a table, but don’t have it. You can use your existing read access to pull the data into a SQL Server temporary table and make adjustments from there. Read More …

SQL Server – Creating linked server in SQL Server Management Studio

In SQL Server environments the linked server functionality is commonly used to connect to another (remote) database or file (Xls, CVX) using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and access and use the remote data and objects. Read More …

Microsoft SQL Server SSIS – The RPC server is unavailable

Once installed Microsoft SQL Server SSIS (Integration Services) on a Windows Server node, when you try connect to it remotely (SQL Server Integration Service) directly from SSMS you could see an error related to “The RPC server is unavailable”. Read More …

Check mySQL and MariaDB Server Version

There are circumstances where you need to know the version of your database server, e.g., when upgrading the database or patching any known server vulnerabilities. There are a few ways to find out what the version of your MariaDB server is. Read More …