Create a Tally or Numbers Table
This creates a Tally or Numbers table which is frequently used to replace loops in code and is much faster than most loops.
2011-11-24 (first published: 2008-03-07)
6,716 reads
Scripts
Script Generates Audit Triggers
This script generates a audit trigger for each table in the database. The trigger then logs when each table is updated.
2011-11-23 (first published: 2008-05-09)
4,802 reads
2011-11-22 (first published: 2008-03-19)
5,907 reads
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)
2,841 reads
2011-11-18 (first published: 2008-01-29)
2,927 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)
2,468 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)
2,588 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)
710 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)
1,182 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)
9,183 reads
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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