This script will reindex (online) any index eligible to be reindexed online. Accepts a day of week parameter for full offline reindexing.
2011-04-18 (first published: 2008-10-01)
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If you've ever been stuck having to write stored procedures to support an application, check this script out. This script will automatically generate seperate parameter driven select, insert, delete, and update stored procedures. Simply call these stored procedures from your application, passing parameters. This stored procedure requires only one parameter; table name. Creates scripts with […]
2002-02-21
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If you've ever needed a convenient and quick way to convert/validate what could possibly be a mm/yy or mm/yyyy date to mm/dd/yyyy (date of month is 01) check out this custom function. Eg: select dbo.datemy('04/02') outputs smalldatetime '2002-04-01 00:00:00'. Select dbo.datemy('04/2002') outputs the same smalldatetime '2002-04-01 00:00:00'.
2002-02-15
874 reads
Have you ever wanted to have SQL note a failure on a step, yet continue running the job. I found it to be annoying that you have to fail (and end) a job in order to send a message to an operator. I have processes that run at off times, I want to know when […]
2002-02-13
2,299 reads
SQL Server 2025 RTM is here, and if you’re running Docker on macOS, you...
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