2011-11-22 (first published: 2008-03-19)
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Scripts
Extract More Than 1000 Active Directory Accounts
This is a simple method to load a SQL database with active directory account information without running into the 1000 record limit. You will need to change the SERVERNAME, PORT, DATABASENAME, USERID, AND PASSWORD values in the connection strings to your own values. You will also need to change the LDAP connection string values ('LDAP://SERVERNAME/ou=OUName,dc=host,dc=domain,dc=tld') […]
2011-11-21 (first published: 2007-08-01)
2,836 reads
2011-11-18 (first published: 2008-01-29)
2,923 reads
Server Up-Time Information
Calculates server uptime in days, hours, and minutes. Also calculates the UTC date (smalldatetime) when the server was started.
2011-11-17 (first published: 2007-08-31)
2,458 reads
Fix orphaned users after restoring database to another server.
Script reassigns database orphan users to the matching SQL Server logins.
2011-11-15 (first published: 2011-10-24)
2,579 reads
sp_MSforeachtable:Add SQL objects to multiple database on a server.
ADD SQL OBJECTS(TABLES, VIEWS, SPS, UDFS ET AL) TO ALL THE DATABASES ON THE SERVER.
2011-11-14 (first published: 2011-09-19)
703 reads
Database Files Physical Location
Displaying the SQL Database names and its associated files in the System drives in which the files are stored / mapped.
2011-11-11 (first published: 2011-09-27)
1,180 reads
Last month Name and Year in a SSRS expression
Show the last month and year in a expression, based on a parameter called asofdate. Must format Date Month Year
2011-11-08 (first published: 2011-10-11)
9,178 reads
Extract values from a string using a delimiter
There are many occasions in programs where you need to manipulate strings of characters that are delimited by a particular character, such as a comma, or a space. This function enables you to extract a substring from the string at a specified occurence of the delimter. declare @Data varchar(255) set @Data = 'A,B,C,D,E' print dbo.field(@data,',',2,2) […]
2011-11-07 (first published: 2007-08-03)
2,636 reads
Wait Time - Query\Client
Script helps to get the client and queries that generate longer waiting time.
2011-11-07 (first published: 2011-10-14)
1,541 reads
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Adding new column with DEFAULT
Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers