Modify All Database Data and Logfile Names
This script modifies all dtabase .mdf and .ldf to have a standardized name of DatabaseName_Data and DatabaseName_Log.
2011-08-08 (first published: 2011-07-28)
970 reads
Scripts
2011-08-05 (first published: 2011-07-23)
2,279 reads
2011-08-04 (first published: 2011-07-25)
3,305 reads
SQL Server Security Extract (Reverse Engineer) for ALL Databases
These scripts will extract security for Windows Logins, Database Users, Roles, Objects and SQL Logins.
2011-08-03 (first published: 2011-07-28)
2,219 reads
2011-08-02 (first published: 2011-07-28)
3,051 reads
2011-08-01 (first published: 2011-07-28)
3,210 reads
Changing Primary key names to standard naming convention across the DB
This script will rename the Primary keys to standard notation - PK_TableName
2011-07-29 (first published: 2010-02-09)
1,717 reads
A simple SysProcess query
A quick and simple SysProcess query which will display most of the common parameters of interest.
2011-07-28 (first published: 2011-07-23)
1,415 reads
Verify SQL Server Login and Login Settings
Verifies that a specified login name exists and has correct settings.
2011-07-27 (first published: 2011-07-11)
1,764 reads
Script to get Server Info
This script will gather a number of Server Information items that are useful in baselining a SQL Server.
2011-07-25 (first published: 2010-01-19)
7,417 reads
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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