2011-09-26 (first published: 2011-09-14)
1,794 reads
Scripts
Generate Create All Secondary Indexes For Entire Database
Generate Script to create all secondary indexes for a database. I have included the ability to generate online indexes if possible and the ability to move to another file group.
2011-09-23 (first published: 2008-07-05)
3,267 reads
Check Full Recovery DBs Have Tran Log Backups
A quick procedure to check which full recovery databases have not had a tran log backup in the given period (default is 7 days). This could mean that the recovery mode might need changing or the transaction log backup jobs need investigating.
2011-09-22 (first published: 2007-08-03)
1,708 reads
Calculating the Number of Business Hours Passed Since a Point of Time
A set of user defined functions used to calculate the number of business or working hours (excluding the non working hours) that have passed since a certain point of time.
2011-09-21 (first published: 2007-11-20)
3,151 reads
2011-09-20 (first published: 2008-01-11)
2,487 reads
Set standard database options
Ensure all your databases have standardised options by running this script weekly.
2011-09-19 (first published: 2007-12-17)
2,138 reads
How to Test Connectivity for a Linked Server
Just one way of testing for a linked server based on data within your database.
2011-09-16 (first published: 2007-08-07)
2,624 reads
2011-09-15 (first published: 2011-09-05)
2,920 reads
Locate primary key - foreign key relations
Recently one of my friend was doing some investigation in a new/unknown database and had really hard time locating the primary key – foreign key relations. Like it’s really tough to locate these relations when not enforced at database level in terms of primary key and foreign key constraints. But generally all database developers keep […]
2011-09-14 (first published: 2007-08-15)
2,761 reads
Delete files older than n-days via T-SQL
Delete files on a fileshare leaving behind files not older than n-days.
2011-09-13 (first published: 2008-04-02)
10,032 reads
Blogs
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
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T-SQL Tuesday #192 Invitation: SQL Server 2025 Excitement
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It’s that time of the month again, and once again, I’m late and I’m...
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The New Database CheckDB
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MySQL’s BLACKHOLE Storage Engine: The Odd Feature I Wish SQL Server Shipped With
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
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