Report Alerts from SQL ErrorLog
Sends Back Critical Alerts from ErrorLog occurred in the last 24 Hrs. You can even modify the data [Check @start and change the value]
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-05-15)
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SQl Hunt
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Retrieving XML data to Table from dm_os_ring_buffers
Retrieving XML data to Table from dm_os_ring_buffers for better readable purpose
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-08-03)
989 reads
Run a specific query across all servers using powershell
Run a specific query across all servers using powershell
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-03-06)
3,251 reads
2019-05-03 (first published: 2010-12-15)
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Search a string in a text with number of occurrences
IF you have a long string and if you want to search a specific input string, and number of timeS the string has occurred then it's helps
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-03-29)
1,419 reads
Send Email to recipients with Attachment using PowerShell
If you have a requirement to send email to recipients with attachment, can use the script.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2016-05-17)
3,140 reads
Setup Alerts for SQL Replication
If you want to monitor few specific alerts for SQL Replication (Merge and Transnational), you can may consider adding these 14 alerts.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-06-16)
1,471 reads
Shrink Tlog Files
DBA many a times need to shrink the log files if that grows very large. Though I am not recommending to do it daily or often but if space is an issue and you want to release space to OS, you may use the script.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2016-09-22)
925 reads
Simple script to list out SPID, Program_name and login details
If you have any requirement where you want to find out all the SPIDs running on a database along with the program/application name of the SPID and the login details. You can run the procedure to get the details very easily.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2014-06-30)
4,089 reads
Standardizing DBMAIL Profile & Account Setup for Notification
If you have a requirement to setup with a default global dbmail profile and account you can use my script.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-05-28)
1,074 reads
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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