Find Unindexed Foreign Keys (2005)
This script will find foreign keys (on referencing table) that are not indexed in SQL Server 2005.
2011-12-20 (first published: 2007-08-10)
3,762 reads
Scripts
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)
3,311 reads
2011-12-16 (first published: 2007-12-27)
4,082 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)
3,597 reads
2011-12-14
359 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)
4,156 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)
3,902 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)
3,967 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)
4,192 reads
2011-12-08 (first published: 2011-11-23)
1,135 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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