Comprehensive Backup Script
These scripts were generated to standardize our SQL backup environments, and to remove backups from Maintenance Plans.
2011-12-22 (first published: 2008-01-29)
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Simon Facer
Why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it.
This article talks about why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it if you must shrink a database file.
2011-12-16 (first published: 2010-11-09)
51,886 reads
Proc to Rename a file
A simple way to rename a file from within a T-SQL Script, primarily designed to add a date-time stamp. Works in 2000 and 2005.
2011-10-28 (first published: 2008-05-13)
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2008-06-19
9,260 reads
Audit SQL Logins
We have auditors in the building, looking at our security (amongst other things). So, we needed an easy way to generate a listing of the SQL logins, and the permissions into each database on our servers (over 70 if them).This script will generate the listings the auditors wanted.
2007-04-02 (first published: 2007-03-07)
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Blogs
Daily Coping–3 Apr 2020
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I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is...
Data Céilí 2020 Cancelled
Yesterday we announced that Data Céilí 2020 has been cancelled due to the continuing...
Code from Redgate Streamed
By Steve Jones
I presented a session today at Redgate Streamed and did a number of demos....
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Need T-SQL to list all tables in database that 'qualify' for Compression
Does anyone know of any existing script that would allow me to list all...
Delet old backup in azure
Hello, How to delete backups in blob storage from azure sql server VM to...
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