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)
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Scripts
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)
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Selective Defrag/Reindex and Log
SQL 2000 OnlyThis script will create a stored procedure and a table in the master database. Simply run the stored procedure and supply a database name as a parameter. It will do the following:1. Gather/Log DBCC SHOWCONTIG statistics (pre defrag)2. Defragment all user indexes in the database3. Gather/Log DBCC SHOWCONTIG statistics (post defrag)4. DBCC DBREINDEX […]
2010-04-19 (first published: 2003-03-19)
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2010-04-15 (first published: 2010-03-28)
14,963 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)
3,581 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)
3,846 reads
Check status of HEAP tables
This SP reports the status of your heap tables. It gives you an overview of fragmentation, ghost record counts and forwarded record counts. Another reason to create a clustered index!
2010-04-09 (first published: 2010-03-09)
2,174 reads
2010-04-06 (first published: 2010-04-01)
3,938 reads
2010-04-01 (first published: 2010-03-31)
4,381 reads
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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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers