Verify Last successful CHECKDB on all databases
Creates a resultset that expresses the last time a successful CHECKDB was performed on every database in the instance.
Does not work on SQL 2000.
2011-09-28 (first published: 2008-03-19)
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Scripts
Find all objects in Server Owned by a Login
Find every object in every database owned by a particular Login.
2011-09-27 (first published: 2008-07-07)
11,335 reads
2011-09-26 (first published: 2011-09-14)
1,812 reads
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)
3,284 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)
1,713 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)
3,158 reads
2011-09-20 (first published: 2008-01-11)
2,497 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)
2,141 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)
2,634 reads
2011-09-15 (first published: 2011-09-05)
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BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers