How to get all MSSQL database columns names, data types and length
know all database columns names and data types and lenght with the minimum effort
2010-12-09 (first published: 2010-12-06)
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Scripts
Windows Group Membership Checker
A script to reveal which logins have access to your sql server via windows groups.
2010-12-09 (first published: 2010-08-26)
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2010-12-08 (first published: 2010-12-03)
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2010-12-07 (first published: 2010-11-30)
2,191 reads
2010-12-06 (first published: 2010-11-22)
2,618 reads
2010-12-03 (first published: 2010-11-22)
1,711 reads
Average Page Life Expectancy
A useful script that I wrote that will sample the DMV sys.dm_os_performance_counters table to provide an average PLE captured in (1) minute intervals.
2010-12-01 (first published: 2010-11-16)
1,682 reads
SQL Function to Split Comma Separated Values and Insert into Table
SQL Function to Split Comma Separated Values and Insert into Table
2010-11-30 (first published: 2010-11-07)
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2010-11-26 (first published: 2010-11-04)
582 reads
2010-11-18 (first published: 2009-07-20)
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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