2018-04-19 (first published: 2018-04-12)
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Rename Foreign Key Constraints
Rename Foreign Key Constraints in a consistent manner. Ideal for preventing constraint errors during code promotion.
2018-04-13 (first published: 2013-03-19)
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Generate Create View statements for database tables.
Create views based on table definitions for backwards compatibility when relocating tables to a new database.
2013-08-16 (first published: 2013-07-30)
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Quick view of User database and server roles
Outputs an easily readable result of the database and server roles for database principals.
2013-08-05 (first published: 2013-06-14)
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Search for String in all columns
Find all columns containing a string value across all tables and schemas.
2012-11-07 (first published: 2012-10-12)
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The Long Running Backup
I have a long running backup of the Sales database during a maintenance window that is going to take another 2 hours to complete on SQL Server 2022. I also need to perform some proactive work and add another file (ndf) to the Sales database to handle the expected growth of the next month. Can I do both simultaneously?
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