Monitor Any Linked Server From SQL 2005
Best way to monitor Excel, Access, SQL Linked Servers from SQL 2005
2011-12-19 (first published: 2008-06-03)
3,316 reads
Scripts
2011-12-16 (first published: 2007-12-27)
4,094 reads
Check Instance Info
Named or default instance, this will check info like Virtual Server Name, Cluster Name , Current owner, Preferred Owner? and? Status? (if clustered) and IP/Port for the current instance.
2011-12-15 (first published: 2007-10-11)
3,600 reads
2011-12-14
363 reads
Select from stored procedure
This terse script shows an easy (but "dirty" - so not advisable for production environments - rather for personal use) way to select data from stored procedure.
2011-12-14 (first published: 2008-03-04)
4,161 reads
SQL 2005 Restore Script Generator
This script will generate a restore statement with supporting MOVE operations to a new directory structure.
2011-12-13 (first published: 2008-05-29)
3,910 reads
Report SQL SERVER 2005 Permissions
Reports permissions to three levels: database, schema and table -- in three formats: readable, structured, scripted.
2011-12-12 (first published: 2008-02-22)
3,970 reads
Clear database - delete all records from a database (updated)
The procedure below deletes all records from the specified database's(except master, model, msdb and tempdb) tables (except those from the schema 'sys').
2011-12-09 (first published: 2008-01-31)
4,199 reads
2011-12-08 (first published: 2011-11-23)
1,146 reads
Disk space alert per drive
This script validates the sufficient disk space per drive.
When you'll reach a minimum on a diskdrive, the script will mail all recipients.
2011-12-06 (first published: 2011-10-28)
4,064 reads
Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why SQL Server Database Attach...
Fixing P1 Queries
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Fixing P1 Queries
BIT_COUNT() IV
Comments posted to this topic are about the item BIT_COUNT() IV
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers