Display COUNT(*) but ONLY TOP 100
Let’s say you have a result set with 5000 records but you want to display only 100 of them and in the same time to display the count of ALL records (5000).
2009-11-20 (first published: 2009-11-05)
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Split string into table, separator can be more than 1 char
Split string like ('123,43,5465,6788,1231,111', ',') into table, separator (,) can be more than 1 char
2009-11-19 (first published: 2009-11-05)
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Scripts for Full DB Compression at partition level
Data compression is a key feature with SQL 2008. This script, can compress all DB objects (partition/non-partitioned) according to Partition Range you specifiy.
2009-11-18 (first published: 2009-11-05)
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2009-11-17 (first published: 2009-11-06)
1,009 reads
Search in your T-SQL objects
This procedure searches for your criteria not only in code, but also in objectnames
2009-11-16 (first published: 2009-10-20)
1,094 reads
View Errors in the Default Trace
Returns records with errors from the default trace ordered by most recent first
2009-11-12 (first published: 2009-10-29)
705 reads
Wait for Mirror treshold
This procedure checks if a mirror treshold exists and wait until this treshold is cleared or after a specified time.
2009-11-10 (first published: 2009-10-23)
501 reads
Using a function to parse/return the Nth field of a delimited column
A useful SQL function to parse a single string with delimited values for the "N"th occurrence
2009-11-06 (first published: 2009-10-15)
1,448 reads
Custom cleanup procedure for backup files
There are times when maintenance plan is too simple to do the job, and SSIS is unreachable for you. Here is a simple stored procedure to help you.
2009-11-05 (first published: 2009-10-09)
1,552 reads
Retrieve consecutive records from the table based the value difference
Retrieve consecutive records from the table based the value difference
2009-11-04 (first published: 2009-10-06)
953 reads
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