SQL 2005 Rebuild\Reorganize Indexes with Reports
This custom sp rebuilds \ reorganizes indexes for SQL 2005 databases and logs results for further analysis.
2011-03-25 (first published: 2009-02-16)
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My favorite way to access Excel files
Using opendatasource to retrieve data from Excel files as if querying a table.
2011-03-22 (first published: 2009-01-27)
11,887 reads
2011-03-18 (first published: 2010-09-21)
2,872 reads
Update 2 databases with 1 script
This script will allow you to update 2 databases with the same names, but different schemas/software/database versions.
2011-03-14 (first published: 2011-03-03)
2,238 reads
Get Item from Delimited List at Position
Returns the item from a delimited list at the specified position. Both position and delimiter are parameters.
2011-03-10 (first published: 2011-02-21)
1,090 reads
2011-03-09 (first published: 2011-02-21)
822 reads
2011-03-07 (first published: 2011-02-21)
8,690 reads
2011-03-04 (first published: 2011-02-21)
6,143 reads
Monitoring Resource Governor Memory Grants
A very useful query that will allow you to monitor the resource governor memory grants along with other useful information.
2011-03-03 (first published: 2011-02-14)
3,202 reads
Search for a text in all databases
This procedure searches for a specified text in all (or one selected) databases in all (or selected) tables.
2011-03-02 (first published: 2008-01-25)
5,098 reads
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RegEx Functions II
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^d') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers