SQL Server Agent Schedule Decoder
This script will break job schedules down into a readable format (msdb.dbo.sysschedules)
2010-01-06 (first published: 2009-12-16)
1,971 reads
Scripts
Find weak login passwords in your server
Use this script to search for SQL Server logins who use weak password
2010-01-05 (first published: 2009-12-16)
4,349 reads
Script to Compress Tables and Indexes
This script creates scripts to compress all tables and indexes in a database.
2010-01-04 (first published: 2009-12-11)
15,880 reads
Searching Column Name in All Tables
Use this script to search for a specific column name in all tables in a current database.
2010-01-01 (first published: 2009-12-09)
1,972 reads
Automated SQL Job to Backup Database(s)
Automate All Database Backups with this script. handle full, diff, and log backups.
2009-12-31 (first published: 2009-12-15)
2,684 reads
2009-12-30 (first published: 2009-12-15)
1,061 reads
2009-12-23 (first published: 2009-11-26)
597 reads
Reset count for all alerts
To see the frequency of alerts in use, you can reset their fire count.
Restart count from zero for all alerts using the propre stored procedures.
2009-12-22 (first published: 2003-01-14)
490 reads
Synchronize several stored procedure between two servers
Synchronize source code between two servers for multiple stored procedures
2009-12-21 (first published: 2009-11-26)
2,262 reads
2009-12-18 (first published: 2009-11-26)
600 reads
Blogs
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Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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