Find Largest size Tables in a Database
To find a list of Tables (User or System tables)according to their size.
2013-01-02 (first published: 2008-07-10)
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Hari Sharma
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Function to Split Multivalued Parameter
This Function is written to split Multivalued Parameter passed by Reporting Services 2005.
2012-07-16 (first published: 2007-08-01)
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Find Nth Maximum from a Table...
This is very simple query to find Nth Maximum number from a Table. For example, using this query, we can identify the 5th, 8th or Nth highest paid employee of an organization.
2007-09-06 (first published: 2007-04-29)
970 reads
Get Record Count for each table in a database.
I wrote this script to compare record counts between a live database and a restored copy to test backups, I thought people might find it useful. What You need is to just copy the script and run it against your database.
2007-08-21
1,420 reads
Function returns String in Proper Case [CamelCase]
This is a generalised Function that will return a String in Proper Case [Camel Case]. Means Afetr every space, first later will be in UPPER Case.Example:Input String: 'microSoft sql server'Output String: 'Microsoft Sql Server'
2007-05-09 (first published: 2007-04-19)
22,073 reads
Function to calculate Month End Date
This function will return you the month-end date. Input parameter may be any date of that month for which you want to calculate month-end.Example:Input: '2-20-2004' Output: '2-29-2004'Input: '2-15-2004' Output: '2-29-2004'Input: '3-20-2004' Output: '3-31-2004'Input: '3-30-2004' Output: '3-31-2004'
2007-05-08 (first published: 2007-04-19)
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers