2008-04-16
4,427 reads
Administration
SQL Server Script to Create Windows Directories
An interesting script to handle file tasks from within SQL Server.
2008-04-16
5,394 reads
DBA Morning Check List
This article helps the DBA find and fix issues quickly by creating a DBA Morning Checklist.
2017-02-02 (first published: 2008-04-14)
59,276 reads
Analyze and Correct a large SQL Server MSDB Database
It has come to my attention that some of our MSDB databases are getting what I would consider large for a system database. Some of our MSDB databases are over 2 GB which is a little perplexing because I know we do not create any user defined objects in that database. Can you give me some insight into the issue? I know we have this issue with both SQL Server 2000 and 2005 instances.
2008-04-14
4,246 reads
2008-04-11
5,082 reads
2008-05-27 (first published: 2008-04-10)
1,743 reads
Delete files older than n-days via T-SQL
Delete files on a fileshare leaving behind files not older than n-days.
2011-09-13 (first published: 2008-04-02)
10,047 reads
2008-03-21
4,414 reads
Verify Last successful CHECKDB on all databases
Creates a resultset that expresses the last time a successful CHECKDB was performed on every database in the instance.
Does not work on SQL 2000.
2011-09-28 (first published: 2008-03-19)
5,062 reads
SQL Server Scalabilty - An Introduction
A brief introduction into the world of scalability, presenting at a high-level the various options
2008-03-19
2,090 reads
Blogs
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Forums
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Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers