2012-06-20 (first published: 2012-05-30)
8,735 reads
Scripts
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)
4,895 reads
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)
3,139 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)
1,171 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)
2,168 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)
2,884 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)
2,034 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)
3,160 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)
3,235 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)
1,487 reads
Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
Forums
The North Star for the Year
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Multiple Escape Characters
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers