A Script A Day - Day 26 - RESTART a Database Restore
Today’s script is another one based on database restores. There is a little known clause of the RESTORE DATABASE command...
2012-02-29
2,846 reads
Chris McGowan
A Script A Day - Day 27 - Missing Database Backups
Today’s script is one I have used many times in the past to check for missing backups. The script will...
2012-02-29
3,479 reads
A Script A Day - Day 24 - Object Qualification
Today’s script is one I use as an example to explain that there is method behind my standards that some...
2012-02-28
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A Script A Day - Day 21 - The HAVING Clause
Today’s post is about the HAVING clause which specifies a search condition for a group or an aggregate. HAVING is...
2012-02-27
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A Script A Day - Day 22 - Database Backup
Today’s script follows on from Day 16’s script which was about database restores. In a backwards way the script is...
2012-02-27
606 reads
A Script A Day - Day 23 - Find an Object In Job Steps
Today’s script is one which saves me a lot of time on occasion. On large systems with lets say more...
2012-02-27
769 reads
A Script A Day - Day 19 - Remove Virtual Subscriptions
Today’s script is to help replication performance. It was something I learned from my resident replication expert Paul Anderton. Below...
2012-02-25
3,459 reads
A Script A Day - Day 20 - User Database VLF Count
Today’s script will execute DBCC LOGINFO for all user databases. This is a script I use to monitor the number...
2012-02-25
2,636 reads
A Script A Day - Day 17 - Possible Poor Indexes
Today’s script is one I’ve taken from a job I use to collect possible poor indexes. I’ve tweeked it slightly...
2012-02-23
543 reads
A Script A Day - Day 18 - Viewing System Configuration
Today’s script is something I’ve learned today, it’s cool learning new stuff! When viewing server configurations in the past I’ve...
2012-02-23
555 reads
Blogs
Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026
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I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
SSMS 22 still inserting tabs instead of spaces
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Forums
Cumulative Update 23 - KB5074819 - Database Mail - No longer working.
Hi there, Has anyone else had any trouble with Database Mail in Cumulative Update...
Script Task execution error with HTTP request
I have a script task that tries to execute a HTTP request, which seems...
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer...
Question of the Day
URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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