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)
2,933 reads
Scripts
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)
1,924 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)
1,375 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)
1,179 reads
See the compile time
Useful if you think a SQL statement, Function, or SPROC is taking too long to compile.
2010-02-23 (first published: 2010-02-04)
973 reads
Serial ID Auto Generation
Scripts used to create the functionality to auto-generate your very own customized serial IDs.
2010-02-22 (first published: 2010-02-04)
1,851 reads
Fix users for SQL 7 thru 2008
This script will either reoprt or 'fix' lost or orphaned users after restore for all versions of SQL.
2010-02-19 (first published: 2010-02-04)
2,255 reads
2010-02-15 (first published: 2010-01-18)
23,741 reads
Database Users And Associated Database Roles
This script basically retreives all database users thier database roles for a database.
2010-02-10 (first published: 2010-01-20)
3,493 reads
2010-02-08 (first published: 2010-01-13)
4,161 reads
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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