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)
963 reads
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2011-08-05 (first published: 2011-07-23)
2,249 reads
2011-08-04 (first published: 2011-07-25)
3,251 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)
2,194 reads
2011-08-02 (first published: 2011-07-28)
3,040 reads
2011-08-01 (first published: 2011-07-28)
3,193 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)
1,695 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)
1,394 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)
1,745 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)
7,392 reads
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers