Poor Man's Table Difference
Given a tablename and other parameters, this procedure will return a table made of foreign keys and a checksum for each
2010-05-06 (first published: 2010-05-02)
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Scripts
Convert seconds to a timestring
This script converts a number of seconds (integer) to a time string, format 'hh:mm:ss'
2010-05-05 (first published: 2010-04-28)
1,449 reads
2010-05-03 (first published: 2010-04-23)
1,991 reads
2010-04-30 (first published: 2010-04-26)
5,269 reads
Slow SP with date parameters solved.
when you use datetime parameters in SPs in the where clause the SP becomes very slow
2010-04-28 (first published: 2010-04-26)
2,893 reads
Database State and Backup Information
Displays the current database state, the last backup taken, it's size, and days since the backup.
2010-04-22 (first published: 2010-04-20)
2,265 reads
Disable / Enable All triggers on all tables in sql server 2005
Hi Sqlers,
Paramenter @Action, which will be Enable or disable to perform the requested action on triggers accross all tables in your sql db, this works on tables with schemas as well.
2010-04-19 (first published: 2010-04-14)
1,124 reads
2010-04-15 (first published: 2010-03-28)
14,991 reads
DBA Tools: sp_whocpu
The Stored Procedure sp_whocpu shows cpu_delta - a metric I introduced to define the real time CPU activity
2010-04-14 (first published: 2010-03-28)
3,584 reads
DBA Tools: sp_whoio
The Stored Procedure sp_whoio shows DiskIO_delta - a metric I introduced to define the real time I/O activity
2010-04-12 (first published: 2010-03-28)
3,848 reads
Blogs
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
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Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Building Your Own Software
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers