SQL – Backup Report
The simple query to find the database backup status
The select statment consists of
ServerNamedbnameBackupStartDateBackupFinishDateBackupAgeSizestatusTypeThe query will only run from sql 2005...
2014-03-05
774 reads
Prashanth Jayaram
INVENTORY – SQL- SSAS – SSRS – Excel Output – Email
Inventory
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-03-03
1,406 reads
INVENTORY – SQL- SSAS – SSRS – Excel Output – Email
Inventory
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-03-03
623 reads
PowerShell – Export SQL Data to Excel with Powershell
SQL Server Export to Excel with Powershell is very useful for all sorts of activities – ETL and reporting are some...
2014-02-28 (first published: 2014-02-24)
5,045 reads
PowerShell – SSRS Inventory – Automatic – Excel File – EMAIL
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-02-27
2,047 reads
PowerShellGUI Tools – Disk,Memory and Process – Modules
I’ve created a script which gives details of Disk, Memory and Process and its represented graphically.
Here, the scripts are enclosed in...
2014-02-20
1,726 reads
Top 10 Process Listing By Memory Consumption – GUI Tool
This Powershell GUI tool is used to list Top 10 memory consumption process of a given computer[local /Remote]. In the...
2014-02-07
957 reads
PowerShell – SQL Inventory – Automatic – Excel File – EMAIL
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-02-04
2,075 reads
PowerShell – Memory Details GUI Tool
This Powershell Memory GUI tool is used to fetch memory information from a computer. In the screen that follows, enter...
2014-01-31 (first published: 2014-01-27)
2,662 reads
PowerShell – Program List – 32/64 Bit – Local/Remote Machies
This Powershell script list all the installed application on both 32 and 64 bit applications, particularly useful for people managing...
2014-01-20
1,062 reads
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Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers