In MongoDB, you can use the cursor.explain() method or the db.collection.explain() method to determine whether or not a query uses an index.
These methods enable you to view the query plan for the query, which includes whether or not it uses an index.
Continue readingIf you encounter error Msg 15123, Level 16, reading “The configuration option ‘Agent XPs’ does not exist“, you were probably trying to execute EXEC SP_CONFIGURE 'Agent XPs' while advanced options are hidden.
This error is easily fixed.
Continue readingIf you no longer need a database in MongoDB you can delete it.
Technically speaking, the term normally used for deleting a database is drop. To drop a database is to delete it.
In any case, below are two ways you can drop/delete a database in the mongo shell.
Continue readingWhen you use mongoexport to export documents in MongoDB, you have the option of “prettifying” them.
By this I mean, instead of the document being presented on one long line, it instead includes line breaks, indents, etc to make it easier to read.
To do this in mongoexport, use the --pretty parameter.
In SQL Server, you can use the sp_rename stored procedure to rename an object, including a column.
In this article I present 5 ways that you can use to check the size of a MongoDB collection when using the mongo shell.
Continue readingIt’s quite easy to encounter error Msg 214, Level 16 when executing stored procedures such as sp_executesql or sp_describe_first_result_set.
Fortunately it’s easy to fix too!
The most common reason for getting this error is that you forgot to prefix your string with N.
Therefore, to fix this issue, try prefixing your string with N.
Here’s how to find out what version of psql you’re using.
Continue readingIn this article, I present three options for returning the steps of a SQL Server Agent job when using T-SQL.
Continue readingHere are three T-SQL functions that you can use to extract the month from a date in SQL Server.
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