December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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Using T-SQL to Set Database Options
If you prefer to use T-SQL, or if the option you need to set doesn’t appear in the Database Properties dialog, you can use the ALTER DATABASE command to set options. For example, the following command sets AUTO_UPDATE STATISTICS to OFF in the AdventureWorks2012 database:
ALTER DATABASE [AdventureWorks2012] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS OFF WITH NO_WAIT
In earlier versions of SQL Server, you could also change some of the options by using the system stored procedure sp_dboption. The sp_dboption was removed in SQL Server 2012. This system procedure was an essential tool for DBA’s in the past. Make sure to update any scripts or other places that you may have use this procedure so that ...