View to obtain Failed Jobs from SQL Server Agent
With this view you can obtain last failed job steps without using visual interface.
2010-03-30 (first published: 2010-03-19)
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Scripts
2010-03-29 (first published: 2010-03-24)
1,845 reads
Finding rows count in a table without Select...
Here is a one more very quick way to find row count for a table.
2010-03-26 (first published: 2010-03-23)
5,401 reads
Credit Card Number Validation Escalar Function
Evaluate credit card numbers based on ISO 2894 algorithm.
2010-03-24 (first published: 2010-03-17)
1,933 reads
Script to get Phonetic Pronunciation of a given password
This script displays Phonetic Pronunciation of a given password
2010-03-22 (first published: 2010-03-12)
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2010-03-17 (first published: 2010-03-04)
1,540 reads
EXECute SQL Commands over entire sets of parameters!
A super-powered EXEC on steroids, the Power Tool every DBA wants for Christmas.
2010-03-16 (first published: 2010-03-04)
2,953 reads
Unused Objects in the Server
This Script is used to List out the objects lying in the box which were un used from the day of the sql server recycled.
2010-03-09 (first published: 2010-02-18)
1,933 reads
ServerProperty query with case function
Returns all properties from ServerProperty, also has a case function for EditionID and EngineEdition.
2010-03-08 (first published: 2010-02-18)
1,394 reads
Changing Foreign key names to standard naming convention across the DB
Rename the Foreign keys to standard notation - FK_childTable_ParentTable
2010-02-24 (first published: 2010-02-09)
1,192 reads
Blogs
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There
By SQLPals
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There Why sys.fn_dblog...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget: A Roundup
When I put together the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #202, I wasn't sure what...
A Last Minute Trip to the EU
By Steve Jones
My life has some crazy travel stretches for sure. Between speaking, office visits, customer...
Forums
Implementing Type 4 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server
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The Disabled Index
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Server-Level Table sizes
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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