Shrinking all log files on SQL Server 2008R2
It shrinks all log files for the databases created by users.
2012-11-02 (first published: 2012-09-27)
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Administration
2012-09-21
2,331 reads
2012-09-14
3,277 reads
2012-09-11
3,000 reads
SQL Server Uptime
This script is used to get uptime for the SQL Server. (Supports SQL2005 and onwards only)
2012-09-28 (first published: 2012-09-07)
1,455 reads
2012-08-24
2,400 reads
Search for an object across multiple databases on a server.
There are other options available like Sql search from Red Gate. Here's a simple script to search for objects(s) containing a particular keyword.
2013-04-15 (first published: 2012-08-23)
2,880 reads
2012-08-22
2,321 reads
Display Names and Locations of SQL Database Files and DB Owners
Displays the names of all of the SQL databases on a SQL Server instance, their data and transaction log files, their owner, and their physical locations.
2012-08-20 (first published: 2012-07-27)
1,617 reads
2012-07-19
2,326 reads
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Question of the Day
Using CHOOSE()
We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.
CREATE TABLE Status
(
StatusID INT,
StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
StatusID,
StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned? See possible answers