Enables Change Data Capture (CDC) on all user databases
This script loops through all user databases, skips system DBs and any you want to exclude, and enables CDC if it’s not already enabled.
2025-09-05 (first published: 2025-08-25)
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fetch an execution plan from SQL Server's buffer cache
To fetch an execution plan from SQL Server's buffer cache (i.e., the in-memory cache of execution plans), you can query the dynamic management views (DMVs) that SQL Server exposes.
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List the Databases To Which You Have Access
Explanation: sys.databases contains information about all databases on the SQL Server instance. • HAS_DBACCESS(name) = 1 filters out the databases you dont have access to. •ORDER BY name sorts the result alphabetically.
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