SQL Server - quickly delete all tables

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:37:14 +0000

With most things in SQL Server it’s tempting to think you can script it. Because most of the time you can.

Recently, I had a requirement to quickly drop everything out of a database (but without actually just dropping the whole database.)

The best option I found, was:

In the database tree view, find the container for the type of objects you want to delete (e.g., tables)
Press F7 to open up the Object Explorer
From here, select all the items you want to delete. Press delete.
This opens up the standard ‘drop item’ dialog, but with all those objects included.
Hit OK

And boom, away it goes. You can repeat this for any database objects by navigating around the Object Explorer. If you wanted to script this, you’d need to (probably) start navigating the master database and get some cursors and whatnot going on.

MySQL on Raspberry Pi - allow connections from non-localhost

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:21:05 +0000

If you want to connect to MySQL from any device in your network that isn’t on localhost, then you may encounter an error:

MySQL error: Could not connect to any of the specified hosts

Bear in mind that e.g., a PHP web app or phpmyadmin will continue to work, since (assuming your web server such as Apache is running on the same server as MySQL) they’re technically running on localhost and will be able to connect.

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SQL Server - quickly delete all tables

MySQL on Raspberry Pi - allow connections from non-localhost