2015-05-01 (first published: 2013-08-13)
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Display the SELECT statement for any table
Found this lovely T-SQL script to display the SELECT statement for any table.
2013-08-22 (first published: 2013-08-06)
3,236 reads
Display the number of days since last Database backup.
A simple T-SQL script to display the number of days since the last database backup.
2013-08-07 (first published: 2013-07-29)
1,656 reads
sp_MSforeachtable:Add SQL objects to multiple database on a server.
ADD SQL OBJECTS(TABLES, VIEWS, SPS, UDFS ET AL) TO ALL THE DATABASES ON THE SERVER.
2011-11-14 (first published: 2011-09-19)
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2011-09-15 (first published: 2011-09-05)
2,920 reads
2011-08-05 (first published: 2011-07-23)
2,237 reads
A simple SysProcess query
A quick and simple SysProcess query which will display most of the common parameters of interest.
2011-07-28 (first published: 2011-07-23)
1,386 reads
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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