Loop Through every table in a DB
This Script has been build to list all the tables in a database without using a cursor.
2009-01-20 (first published: 2009-01-05)
2,095 reads
Scripts
Truncate Referenced Table
Often during the development phase one is required to truncate a table. often the task of removing foreign key references is necessary to truncate. this sp takes the pain out of it.
2009-01-19 (first published: 2009-01-05)
1,309 reads
2009-01-16 (first published: 2009-01-03)
2,658 reads
Yet Another Deleting Duplicate Records (in-place)
Here is another "deleting duplicate records" script, this time in-place, using a uniqueidentifier column.
2009-01-15 (first published: 2008-12-30)
1,945 reads
Find database file reamaining growth
This script is used for SQL Server 2000 Database file remaining growth. This script is little bit modified to fit SQL Server 2000.
2009-01-14 (first published: 2009-01-03)
1,239 reads
Indepth SPID information
This SP gives you most of the detail you need on a long running query. Simply pass the SPID.
2009-01-09 (first published: 2008-12-31)
2,300 reads
Complete Blocking Report
A complete blocking report which gives the complete information about what queries are runninng and it will be worth capturing the details before we decide to kill the processes.
2009-01-08 (first published: 2008-12-26)
2,215 reads
2009-01-07 (first published: 2008-12-26)
2,134 reads
Object Search for Sql Server 2005
This script will search databases, tables, columns, stored procedures for text.
2009-01-05 (first published: 2008-12-21)
1,290 reads
Getting unique or primary key columns for a given table
Following script will list out all the columns which have unique/primary key constraints for a given table.
2009-01-02 (first published: 2008-12-10)
1,277 reads
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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