Recompile Compiled Objects
This stored procedure, updates the schema version of user table(s), which in turn marks the Stored Procedures and Triggers for recompile.
2001-09-05
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Maintenance and Management
Forcibly Shrink the Transaction Log
I got this script from SQL Server Professional Magazine in an article by Andrew Zanevsky. It performs transactions to fill up virtual log files and continually shrinks the log until the desired level of shrinkage is achieved.
2001-08-08
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Defrag Tables
Over a period of time, because of the inserts, updates and deletes, the data and the index pages can get fragmented. Here's a script that can help to defrag the database:
2001-08-08
6,153 reads
Drop all Connections from a Database
On development servers, at times there is a need for dropping and renaming database(s). These scripts can be used for achieving these tasks. The usp_DropDB script will kill the connections to the database and then drop the database. It takes care of the space in the database name, if any and also makes sure that […]
2001-08-08
5,465 reads
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Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
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