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Script to List Missing Identity Numbers

I have a table named employees with an identity column named id. Also,last_name is a column in the table named employees. I created the employeestable and inserted 9 rows in it. If I do a select * from employees, theoutput looks like this:id last_name1 a2 b3 c4 d5 e6 f7 g8 h9 iThen I deleted […]

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2004-11-29 (first published: )

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Easy and Fast way to check Backup details

Easy and Fast way to check Backup details. One line query to check backup status for all the databases. No need to go to each database or schedule job. Even you can use this query in customized application to get all the details on a single screen.

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2004-11-25 (first published: )

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SP_WHO_3 Powerful Filtering/Sorting Very Efficient

SP_WHO_3 is a very powerful utility for all DBAs. It displays processes connected to the system and what they are doing. It can find blocking processes, can return the Input Buffer for everything in the recordset returned, and provides immense filtering and sorting capabilities. It's designed to be extremely efficient, yet it provides many more […]

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2004-11-09 (first published: )

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From a Delimited String, fetching the nth Value

This User defined Function will provide you the facility of fetching the nth Value from a Delimited string. The Parameter for the function which you have to pass is, the Delimited String, the Delimiter of the string, nth Position of the string. In this function , you can dynamically change the Delimiter as well as […]

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2004-10-15 (first published: )

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Restoring On Top I

I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?

USE Master
BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak'
GO

USE DNRTest
GO
CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT)
GO
USE master
RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACE

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