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)
1,984 reads
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)
1,684 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)
4,222 reads
2010-11-26 (first published: 2010-11-04)
582 reads
2010-11-18 (first published: 2009-07-20)
2,950 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Independence Day 2026
In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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