2016-04-01 (first published: 2016-03-23)
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, skiing, volleyball
2015-12-25 (first published: 2015-12-17)
1,635 reads
2015-10-09 (first published: 2014-03-21)
4,725 reads
Check if SQL Server is running
This script will check if the SQL Server you are connected to is actually running.
2015-04-01 (first published: 2015-03-27)
1,689 reads
SS2K - sp_helprevlogin`
Old version, archived, that works on ss2k. Updated version works on ss2k5. NOTE: This is a Microsoft developed script, not from the contributor (Steve Jones)
2007-06-27 (first published: 2006-05-04)
872 reads
All Encompassing Disaster Recovery Script
A script that will help you deal with and get through any disaster recovery situation.
2005-04-01 (first published: 2005-03-29)
513 reads
Stored Procedure to Backup all files
This stored procedure performs a full backup on all databases on a server. It takes a parameter for a drive letter and will create the backup structure as needed. The standard backup structure is "\mssql\backup\".
2001-10-22
530 reads
Kill spids that are idle
Ever wanted to get rid of users who are sitting idle for long periods of time? Here's a script that removes spids idle for a variable period of time.
2001-10-03
4,437 reads
Trim Backup Files
This script runs within a DTS package. It searches the backup directory stored as a global variable in the script and trims all backup files older than some number of days. the script includes logging to the C: drive so you can trace the effects of the script. You need to create the global variables […]
2001-09-12
1,464 reads
Idle Spid Time
This script will search all logged in users and return the spid along with the number of seconds since that spids last batch was executed.
2001-08-22
902 reads
Blogs
One Thousand SQL Saturdays (*ish)
By Steve Jones
This weekend is SQL Saturday #1000, running virtually from Oregon. It’s a good schedule,...
Top Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI questions
By James-Serra
I have listed below the top questions I see from customers about Azure Synapse...
Pre-Conference Workshop and Sessions at PASS Summit
I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting at PASS Summit. This year...
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Index scan
Hi, I have a query as below: ;With P As (Select ProductID --Query that...
why cannot use ClientProcessID to trace data in SQL Server Profile.
A C/S system is running on a SQL Server database, and I get its...
Copying an Azure SQL Database with PowerShell
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