Compare data of two tables
Script to facilitate the comparison of data between two SQL Server tables
2019-09-23 (first published: 2019-09-07)
4,043 reads
Scripts
A DateRange Table Valued function
The function is an inline table-valued function (or sometimes called a parameterised view) so it can be used just like a view or a table but needs parameters. It generates a single-column table of datetime2 with rows differing by any multiple of any of the dateparts that SQL Server provides.
2019-08-29 (first published: 2019-08-20)
5,313 reads
ErrorHandling for running or deploying code
Do you ever wish you had a better way to run or deploy scripts? We use this format for all types of work.
2019-08-20 (first published: 2019-07-26)
1,491 reads
A simple powershell script to look up server hardware and OS information
This is a simple powershell script to query and display hardware and OS information from a remote computer.
It uses CIM (Common Information Model) that is available since Powershell version 3 so as long as you have version 3 and up, you should be able to run this script against any server that you have access to.
2019-08-14 (first published: 2019-08-06)
2,484 reads
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
Many people have published high performance, read-less, Inline Table Valued functions that use Itzik Ben-Gan's wonderful "Virtual Numbers Table" to replace WHILE loops and other forms of RBAR. This one is Jeff Moden's version.
2019-08-13 (first published: 2019-08-04)
7,916 reads
Previous Monday to the Start of the Previous Quarter
Previous Monday to the Start of the Previous Quarter
2019-07-29 (first published: 2019-07-18)
537 reads
VIEW to list running and completed jobs
This view will list all completed and running jobs. It give running times, current step (if active) and average run times for steps.
2019-07-22 (first published: 2019-03-21)
2,013 reads
Look up AD user properties using powershell
I realize that this is a bit of a lengthy script for something that you can use a one liner in the power shell:
Example:
Get-ADUser
But I needed to highlight certain properties of given user and take certain actions based on the values. And the result is this power shell script.
2019-07-15 (first published: 2019-07-02)
1,277 reads
Creating an Automated Database Update\Upgrade Script with RedGate SQL Compare Command-Line and Powershell
A script to drive SQL Compare for building upgrade scripts.
2019-07-11 (first published: 2019-06-26)
2,150 reads
Add working days but avoid holidays
A function to add or subtract working days taking into account weekends and using a table of non-working days.
2019-07-10 (first published: 2019-06-26)
5,225 reads
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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