Script created by Syed Fahar Abbas. A Comprehensive Batch Script to: Verify/Request Administrator privileges and create a stable script copy. Grant NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM database privileges and perform full SQL Server backup. Detect, or automatically download and silently install, WinRAR for compression. Compress the raw backup (.bak) into a high-compression RAR archive (.rar) and cleanup. Authenticate […]
2026-09-29
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This script creates a stored procedure that returns the following table size metrics in kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes for all tables in user-created databases (database ID > 4): Reserved space Used space Unused space Index size Data size
2026-09-14
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This script creates two stored procedures: One searches for the names of all user-created objects at the server level across all user-created databases (database ID > 4) based on a specified search expression. The other searches for column names in all user-created tables and views across all user-created databases (database ID > 4) based on […]
2026-09-09
44 reads
This script creates a table that will store the row counts of non-system tables and views across all user-created databases (database ID > 4) on the server, as well as a stored procedure that refreshes the row counts by recalculating them. The script uses the database ServerInfo to store the table and stored procedure. Replace […]
2026-09-04
65 reads
This script demonstrates step by step how to implement a dropped objects tracking flow. Important limitation to consider: The stored state of a dropped object is based on the most recent available snapshot and not necessarily on the state of the object immediately before it was dropped. The accuracy of the stored information depends on […]
2026-08-31
45 reads
The following script creates a procedure that returns a specified number of random columns and rows from a specified table or view. The number of columns and rows is determined by the @NumberOfColumns and @Rows parameters. The @RandomColumnOrder parameter specifies whether the selected columns are returned in random order or sorted by their ordinal position […]
2026-08-31
55 reads
This scripts creates a view containing data type information for columns in user-defined tables and views. It provides an overview of the data types in use and can help identify opportunities for data type optimization and standardization. The data types are formatted as they appear in Object Explorer in SSMS. For example, sysname is displayed […]
2026-08-25
62 reads
2025-12-29 (first published: 2025-12-25)
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This script will save your database permissions into a table.
2025-12-29
616 reads
This script is used to generate the output file as CSV format for list of server.
2025-11-03 (first published: 2025-10-20)
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Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers