Do *not* place TEMPDB on a local disk in a SQL failover cluster
What happens with tempdb on a local disk in a cluster? Read on to see that you will not get a failover if the local disk fails
2021-01-04
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Theo Ekelmans
- Interests: SQL, Hardware... especially if it comes in TBs, Anything written by Sir Terry Patchett, IOT, dabbeling in C#...... aaaand, ill stop here :)
Download SQL Patch Info
This article shows how to download sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com to build your own automated sql patch level check.
2020-12-24 (first published: 2017-07-03)
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Visualize the timeline of your SQL jobs using Google graph and email
Generate an HTML page with the timeline of your SQL jobs using Google graph and sp_send_dbmail
2016-10-28 (first published: 2015-07-28)
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Version independent spGetBackupDateFromFile
This is an version independent stored procedure to get the backup date from a backup file.
It's tested for SQL 2005, 2008(R2), 2012 and 2014.
Consider it a template to which you can add more output parameters from the headerinfo to meet your requirements.
2016-04-21 (first published: 2016-03-31)
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SQL Job Timeline (Graphical)
This script generates a graphical timeline of all SQL jobs with a variable zoom level
2015-09-17 (first published: 2013-01-14)
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2015-05-13 (first published: 2013-03-14)
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Mirroring and different sector sizes? BAD IDEA!
Be carefull when replacing a defective (FLASH) storage device, its sector sizes may vary without you knowing it.
2011-12-27
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Compare 2 datasets and output delta in one TSQL statement
There are many ways 2 compare datasets to find differences, this is one of them.
2011-11-04 (first published: 2011-10-21)
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List index information for all databases
This SQL script returns a recordset with all the index information for all tables for all databases in a SQL server(instance)
2006-10-30 (first published: 2005-10-07)
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List index information for the current database
This SQL script returns a recordset with all the index information for all tables within a database
2005-10-18 (first published: 2005-10-07)
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BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
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