Readers help support Windows Report. We may get a commission if you buy through our links. Microsoft SQL Server is a database management system that is mainly used store and retrieve requested data ...

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To open the SQL.BAK file in Excel, locate the file & rename it, restore .BAK file to SQL server, then export it to Excel. Continue reading to learn the detailed steps! If you want to open the SQL .BAK ...

MDF (Master Data File) is a primary database file format used by SQL Server. It contains the schema and data of a database in a single file. Opening an MDF file can be useful for various reasons, such ...

I switched from using the native sql backup function (the maintenance plan) to the Ola Hallengren script and I realized my Tempdb mdf files were growing out of control. I checked the tempdb and can a ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. The main difference between tempdb and other databases is the workload. With tempdb we are constantly creating and destroying objects such as temp tables. This ...

MS SQL Server makes its identity as a relational database management system. It supports several functionalities in a corporate IT environment, such as transaction processing, business intelligence, ...

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I am trying to use my database file which is in .mdf format and created on the date 14 July. Whenever i try to use my file in order to restore and update ...

So I've had a case open with Microsoft since October concerning SQL databases that I cannot restore from DPM unless I run a consistency check on them first. Today, it seems they assigned to me yet ...