SQL Server -DBA Must Know commands

Following are couple of DBA must know commands. –Get the db details EXEC SP_HELPDB ‘Db_name’ –know the definition of the objects EXEC SP_HELPTEXT ‘object_name’ –Identify the size of database and table EXEC SP_SPACEUSED –Know the details of the disk drives  EXEC MASTER..XP_FIXEDDRIVES —Quick view of SQL server sessions EXEC SP_WHO2 –It’s advanced version of sp_who2 but not shipped with SQL server.Get it from the following link.  EXEC SP_WHOISACTIVE[…]

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SQL Server Tuning – Top 10 high memory consuming Queries

Problem Statement: Script to find top 10 high memory consuming Queries. Solution: SELECT TOP 10 Object_name(qt.objectid)               AS ‘SP Name’,               Substring(qt.text, ( qs.statement_start_offset / 2 ) + 1,               (               ( CASE qs.statement_end_offset               WHEN -1 THEN Datalength(qt.text)               ELSE qs.statement_end_offset                                                                             END[…]

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