In SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you can see the SQL Server database state ... You can use the DATABASEPROPERTYEX function to check the database status. The following example will show the ...

You will fail to connect to your database if the SQL Server service is not running. If you try running the SQL Server service from the Services.msc app, you will ...

Using a terminal window, you can log into a SQL Server database and with one command have an instant look at who exactly is logged into the server. Click "Start," type "cmd" (omit the quotation ...

Do you need to find out where the location of your SQL Server's database is? Use this quick tip from Arthur Fuller to show you how ... As you can see from this query, the xp_instance_regread ...

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 ...

Locate the directory of your SQL Database needing to be moved. By default (which isn’t a good practice) the location of your databases are here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50 ...