Prevent Saving Changes in SQL 2008
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When you change a table so that you alter the metadata structure of the table, and then you save the table, the table must be re-created based on these changes. This may result in the loss of metadata and in a direct loss of data during the re-creation of the table. If you enable the Prevent saving changes that require the table re-creation option in the Designer section of the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Options window, you receive the below error message
“Saving changes is not permitted. The changes that you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.”
Demo:
Create a table named Tbl_PreventSavingChanges
1. Expand the Database AdventureWorks.
2. Right-Click on the Tables and select New Table
Blocked Process Report in SQL 2005 and SQL 2008
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Blocked Process Report is a new concept that was introduced in SQL server 2005 onwards. It is an enhancement added to the SQL server profiler.
The Blocked Process Report event class in SQL Server profiler indicates that a task has been blocked for more than a specified amount of time. This event class does not include system tasks or tasks that are waiting on non deadlock-detectable resources.
How to Use:-
To configure the threshold value for Blocked Process Report, use sp_configure.
At first we have to enable the advanced configuration options.
This can be done using the below query
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options',1
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
Then configure the Blocked Process Threshold value. This value will be in seconds. The below query sets the “Blocked Process Threshold” value to 5 seconds.
By default the Threshold value will be 0.
EXEC sp_configure 'blocked process threshold',5
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
To generate the report, use profiler.
1. Start the Profiler
2. Connect to the server
3. In the Trace Properties, go to Event Selection tab and check the option “Show all events“
USE AdventureWorks
GO
BEGIN TRAN
UPDATE HumanResources.Shift SET Name='NewShift' WHERE Name='Night'
7. Now go to a new session or open a new SQL Query Editor and run the below Query.
SELECT * FROM HumanResources.Shift
Since the Begin Tran from the step 6 is still not got the COMMIT or ROLLBACK, this command will be blocked until the COMMIT or ROLLBACK is executed
8. Now go to the profiler and notice that you should have got an event by name “Blocked Process Report” in RED Color.
10. In the report it shows 2 sections, one is for the Blocked Process and the other one is for the Blocking Process.
11. Now Execute the below command to release the locks.
ROLLBACK
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Central Management Server
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Introduction:
A SQL Server CMS is just a central repository that holds a list of managed servers. SQL Server 2008 SSMS introduces a new feature, Multiple Server Query Execution, in Query Editor. Centralize the management and administration of a number of SQL Server instances from a single source can allow the DBA to save significant time and effort. This feature intends to increase the productivity of running same query against multiple servers at once. Some of usage includes:
• Configure group of servers
• Generate report or document from multiple servers
• Analyze result from multiple servers
• Run any SQL query against multiple servers
Pre-requisite:
1. SQL Server 2008 for Registering Central Management Server
2. SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000 servers other than the registered Central Management Server.
To deploy or test Multiple Server Query Execution, you need to setup central management server in SSMS in SQL Server 2008.
How to:
To register a central management server and run the query against all the registered servers follow the below steps.
1. Open the “Registered Servers” from the “View” Menu in the management studio of SQL server 2008.
7. In the results, you can notice that for each record the respective server name will be displayed.

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DBCC DBREINDEX in next versions
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DBCC DBREINDEX rebuilds one or more indexes for a table in the specified database.
This was the command which we used to rebuild the indexes.
This feature will be removed in the next version (after 10.0 or SQL Server 2008) of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Use Alter INDEX command to reorganize or rebuild indexes instead.
Below query would reorganize the table if table fragementation is between 10.0 to 30.0 and Rebuild the index if table fragementation is above 30.0
use DB_name
go
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @objectid int;
DECLARE @indexid int;
DECLARE @partitioncount bigint;
DECLARE @schemaname nvarchar(130);
DECLARE @objectname nvarchar(130);
DECLARE @indexname nvarchar(130);
DECLARE @partitionnum bigint;
DECLARE @partitions bigint;
DECLARE @frag float;
DECLARE @command nvarchar(4000);
SELECT
object_id AS objectid,
index_id AS indexid,
partition_number AS partitionnum,
avg_fragmentation_in_percent AS frag
INTO #Temp
FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats (DB_ID(), NULL, NULL , NULL,'LIMITED')
WHERE avg_fragmentation_in_percent > 10.0 AND index_id > 0;
DECLARE partitions CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM #Temp














