Get SQLServer Name and Uptime SPROC
Stored procedure to provide clean output of system name and uptime since last restart
2010-11-16 (first published: 2010-11-08)
1,267 reads
Scripts
SQL Server Service Check Utility
Script will display current status of SQL server services and even show if not installed. Works on SQL 2005,2008 2008R2. Both 32 and 64 bit servers.
2010-11-15 (first published: 2010-11-09)
3,617 reads
Automate Range Right Partition Management with Powershell (Part II)
In the last script, we covered removing the trailing partition in a Range Right, date valued partition. This script adds a new (empty) partition to the partition scheme.
2010-11-12 (first published: 2009-12-17)
1,081 reads
Automate Range Right Partition Management with PowerShell
This script automatically splits a partitioned table, merges the partition function and then drops the associated file group for the partition.
2010-11-11 (first published: 2009-12-17)
2,239 reads
Extracting Logins From SQL Server
This script will help you transfer logins between one instance of SQL and another.
2010-11-08 (first published: 2010-01-07)
4,628 reads
How long has passed since SQL Server service started?
Days, hours and minutes since SQL Server service was started
2010-11-05 (first published: 2010-01-15)
2,514 reads
Index Seeks, Scans, and Lookups
This script may help identify tables impacted by frequently-occurring scans.
2010-11-02 (first published: 2010-02-04)
3,902 reads
Change String to Title Case(Initcap)
This is simple script to change string to title case. It will take string in any case and convert it to initcap.
2010-10-26 (first published: 2010-10-19)
1,543 reads
Data Dictionary using sys.objects - SQL 2008
Create a data dictionary with two stored procedures using sys objects to view via SSRS (or other reporting tool) report
2010-10-21 (first published: 2010-10-16)
2,274 reads
Flexable Rate Recursion
A Recursion function that was used to apply a Rate percentage to a base amount for the reqested number of times.
2010-10-15 (first published: 2010-10-13)
595 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers