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)
1,667 reads
2015-10-09 (first published: 2014-03-21)
4,768 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)
1,708 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)
877 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)
522 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
539 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
4,455 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
1,467 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
914 reads
Blogs
Techorama 2022 Slides
By Steve Jones
I had a great time at Techorama. I’ll do a writeup on the event,...
Daily Coping 27 May 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Daily Coping 26 May 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Forums
Load balancing IPv6 UDP
It seems that none of the cloud providers have internal load balancers that can...
Beginner Question about Azure SQL Database and Source Control (Azure Dev Ops)
Hi guys, I hope someone of you has the time to help me. I...
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