If you want to take a copy of one table and make a copy of it in another schema (under another username), you can use the SQL*Plus COPY command, or a simple <code>"create table foo as select * from ...

SQL*Loader is a fast and easy way to get data into a database without writing long, complicated scripts. However, when it comes to Oracle objects that are related to each other, things can get ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

PowerShell gives DBAs a reason to begin using SMO for real, so now we'll find out about all the gory details I was talking to a good friend at Microsoft last week, telling him about the problems I’ve ...

The rule is that if all the database objects referenced in a View or Stored Procedure or Function are owned by the same user then SQL Server will only check permissions at the highest level. SQL ...

Native support for JSON in the upcoming SQL Server 2016 was buried among the many goodies announced earlier this month for the flagship RDBMS, but it's clearly an important feature for data developers ...

Red Gate Software on Thursday introduced new software that allows individual database objects in SQL Server 2009, 2005 and 2000 to be recovered. SQL Object Level Recovery Native consumes less disk ...