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)
962 reads
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2011-08-05 (first published: 2011-07-23)
2,249 reads
2011-08-04 (first published: 2011-07-25)
3,246 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)
1,744 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
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers