Estimating the table size...
This is an effort to program the "Estimating the Table size" section given in BOL.
2009-07-02 (first published: 2009-06-19)
1,821 reads
Scripts
Script to find latest backups for all databases
If you are not the only one who takes care of the backups, knowing the backups taken recently is very crucial for a production DBA.
2009-07-01 (first published: 2009-06-19)
2,372 reads
Splitting the string with unique delimiter.
The statement is splited into columns according the delimter and it has been captured in the table datatype.
2009-06-29 (first published: 2009-06-22)
1,218 reads
The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL 2000 Version
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-25 (first published: 2009-06-08)
623 reads
The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL 2005 Version
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-23 (first published: 2009-06-08)
1,242 reads
The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL2005 ReportOnly Ver
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-22 (first published: 2009-06-08)
1,097 reads
The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL2000 ReportOnly Ver
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-19 (first published: 2009-06-08)
628 reads
Zip Backups and Copy to Secondary (free)
We discovered a need to compress our backups so that we could copy the files over the network to the DR location (log shipping), to save on transfer time during emergency restores.
2009-06-18 (first published: 2009-06-05)
2,542 reads
The Automated DBA: Space Usage Snapshotter Lite (non-sysadmin dbo)
Records snapshots of space usage stats by partition, index, table, schema, filegroup, and database. Stats include Reserved, Used, and Data for row, lob, and overflow.
2009-06-15 (first published: 2009-05-30)
1,294 reads
2009-06-11 (first published: 2009-05-25)
777 reads
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