Finding table name based on a specific value
This script is used to Find out the table name and column name where a specific string has been used
2018-04-17 (first published: 2018-04-13)
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Script to find oldest open SQL Server transaction
In this post, Eli Leiba shares a script that can be used to find the oldest open transaction and the statement that was issued.
2016-12-01
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Run SQL Hosted VBS Script from SQL
This routine allows you to run VBScript directly from SQL (i.e. without having to create a file in advance) by pushing the script to a temp file.
2012-09-20 (first published: 2012-08-21)
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Parsing / breaking character separated values in a table in one query
At times, we have situation to parse the character separated string in the table column.
2010-07-14 (first published: 2010-06-17)
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The New Log File
I have a detached database from SQL Server 2019, called TDE_Primer. This database had a 100MB data file and a 73MB log file. The log file was lost, so I need to run this code:
USE [master] GO CREATE DATABASE [TDE_Primer] ON ( FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\TDE_Primer.mdf' ) FOR ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG GOHow big is the new log file? See possible answers