The Ultimate Object Searcher
Searches for objects (including CLR) who's names contain the search string. outputs IDs, names, and types of the object and its parent.
2009-10-06 (first published: 2009-09-22)
1,227 reads
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2009-10-05 (first published: 2009-09-21)
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The Ultimate PK-Less / CLIDX-Less Table Finder
Lists Schema/Object of tables that are missing a Primary Key or Clustered Index, along with aggregate data for size, rows, indexes, and columns.
2009-10-02 (first published: 2008-11-05)
1,172 reads
BCP command to export data to excel with column headers
This script export data into excel/CSV file using BCP comnand with column headers
2009-10-01 (first published: 2009-09-22)
3,589 reads
Execute SQL Scripts in paralel for real performance tests
Ever tried to simulate a production environment in a development one but realized that you couldn't easily start 500 executions simultaneously ? This script will help you out.
2009-09-30 (first published: 2009-09-16)
2,094 reads
2009-09-29 (first published: 2009-09-17)
938 reads
Runaway Job Management
Be alerted or take custom actions when specified jobs are in the "Running" state for a length of time.
2009-09-25 (first published: 2009-09-15)
921 reads
2009-09-24 (first published: 2009-09-15)
712 reads
Shrink Log File to Target Percentage
Performs a checkpoint or a transaction log backup followed by a DBCC SHRINKFILE on the transaction log to the target percentage specified relative to the total data file(s) size.
2009-09-23 (first published: 2009-08-27)
2,561 reads
Generate Data Script for a Table
This script takes a table as parameter and generate its data script (INSERT INTO TABLE).
2009-09-21 (first published: 2009-09-13)
2,280 reads
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Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers