Search all String Columns in all SQL Server Tables or Views
In this article we look at T-SQL script you can use to search for a string in every table and view in every database or in a specific database.
2022-05-30
Scripts
Executing a TSQL batch multiple times using GO
Learn how to execute the same batch of SQL Server commands X number of times using the GO command.
2021-08-27
Searching and Finding a String Value in all Columns in a SQL Server Table
Sometimes there is a need to find if a string value exists in any column in your table. This script will help you find all occurrences in all columns in the table.
2020-09-25
Run SQL/T-SQL scripts on folder
What to do when you have several sql scripts to run in your DB? Put all in a folder and use this...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Part 1 -- Restore a database to another instance...
A great script that I wrote some time ago to allow the last database backup to be restored across a linked server to another server, after running a remote sproc on the destination to kill off any users on the receiving side.
2016-03-14 (first published: 2016-02-25)
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Universal foreach aka sp_uforeach
This script is a universal foreach stored procedure. You can loop through everything with the help of if.
2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-10)
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Do you regularly run queries and scripts in SSMS?
SQL Server Management Studio is where most SQL scripts and queries are run, and although it does a decent job, it doesn't provide much help storing, sharing and managing the scripts particularly in the context of a team. Red Gate is considering building functionality into SSMS to help its users consume and share queries and scripts. Please help us by completing this short survey to help us define the requirements.
2013-04-12
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Grouped Failover, a 2008R2 version of Availability Groups
One of the new cool features in SQL 2012 is the SQL Server Availability groups. In other words being able to failover a group of databases which are logically connected. i.e. SharePoint databases. Well, it is also possible to do that in SQL 2008 (R2). It’s called a Grouped Failover.
2013-01-24 (first published: 2013-01-16)
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