Script to calculate Precision & Scale of a Decimal Value
A script to help you find the Precision & Scale parts of a decimal value.
2012-06-19 (first published: 2012-06-04)
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Generate insert statements with column names for any or all tables
Generate a script of insert statements with column names for any table including those with identity columns.
2012-06-15 (first published: 2012-05-22)
3,173 reads
Random DEFAULT string for a column using CASE and NEWID
Sometimes you just need to populate a CHAR/VARCHAR column for testing with a random selection of string literals at table CREATE time. Here is a quick and easy script.
2012-06-14 (first published: 2008-01-16)
1,207 reads
A CONCAT Function For The Rest Of Us
SQL Server 2012 introduces a new string concatenation function. This can be recreated in earlier versions of SQL Server.
2012-06-06 (first published: 2012-05-16)
2,209 reads
Central Management Server Daily Script
These are scripts I run each morning on my registered CMS servers to check immediate health.
2012-06-04 (first published: 2012-05-09)
2,924 reads
Variable Grouping Using a Case Statement
The code below uses a CASE STATEMENT to group sales data based on date,week,month and quarter. It should be executed in AdventureWorks 2005 or 2008.
2012-05-30 (first published: 2012-05-10)
2,059 reads
All SQL Version info in one function
This function returns all the necessary version information in a table.
2012-05-28 (first published: 2012-03-21)
3,226 reads
Defrag All Indexes On a Database
Script to list out all fragmented indexes for a given database, with options to only view them, reorganize them, or rebuild them in one fell swoop.
2012-05-25 (first published: 2012-05-15)
3,355 reads
Last Backup Taken, or Not
Displays the last Full, Diff, and Log backup taken. If no backup has been taken that is displayed as well.
2012-05-24 (first published: 2012-05-15)
1,518 reads
Script to find Disk Space including Mount points
works two different ways using sql for 2000 and 2005 and powershell for 2008.
2012-05-23 (first published: 2012-05-01)
5,843 reads
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SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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