Display Rows Vertically or Alphabetically
Display a row vertically when a table has hundreds of columns to avoid scrolling.
2010-01-21 (first published: 2009-12-30)
3,418 reads
Scripts
datetime precision
Accuracy and precision go hand-in-hand. This script helps trim date values to whatever size is stored in a table's column.
2010-01-20 (first published: 2009-12-21)
1,541 reads
Implementing Most Recently Used Lookups
This script will adapt ordering of look-up lists by foreign key usage.
2010-01-18 (first published: 2009-12-23)
1,003 reads
Validate Deployed Databases by Version
Save all object definitions to a single stored procedure for easy validation
2010-01-14 (first published: 2009-12-18)
803 reads
return a file Last Modified Date
This function takes a UNC file as a parameter and return the last modified date
2010-01-13 (first published: 2009-12-17)
2,594 reads
Store Procedure Output in a Table
This script show a demonstration of how to interst tore Procedure Output in a Table.
2010-01-08 (first published: 2009-12-18)
2,508 reads
2010-01-07 (first published: 2009-12-18)
1,751 reads
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)
1,999 reads
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)
4,466 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)
15,965 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers