sp_spaceused rewritten as one query (no cursors)
Query that simulates running sp_spaceused on every applicable object in a database and gathering it all into a single result set.
2016-05-10 (first published: 2013-06-03)
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Security Queries: Database-level
A set of queries which attempt to gather as much security-related information on a single database as possible.
2015-10-30 (first published: 2013-10-24)
5,655 reads
Security Queries: Server-level
A set of queries which attempt to gather as much security-related information on a server instance as possible.
2013-11-06 (first published: 2013-10-24)
3,141 reads
Server-Side Trace Pack
Loads temporary stored procs that assist in running and monitoring server-side tracing.
2012-03-12 (first published: 2012-02-21)
1,098 reads
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Microsoft AI Red Teaming Course
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here is the compiled video of the Red Teaming course Microsoft put together.
What’s New at AWS re:Invent 2025 – Day2 Highlights
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Quantum Computing and SQL Server Article Is Up
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Veeam Backup DAG issue. Access to availability group is not permitted.
Hi all, Has anyone encountered an issue whereby using a distributed availability group...
need to kill long running SPIDs
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Improving update statistics process for 6 big tables
Recently I was asked to investigate the update statistics process on a particular database....
Question of the Day
Adding a Lot of Seconds
When does this code work and when does it fail?
DECLARE @BaseDate DATETIME = '1900-01-01'; SELECT DATEADD(SECOND, 2147483648, @BaseDate) AS [MaxIntSecondsAdded];See possible answers