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)
1,979 reads
Scripts
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)
1,252 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)
2,322 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)
2,230 reads
2009-01-07 (first published: 2008-12-26)
2,154 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)
1,302 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)
1,292 reads
Deleting old files (with/without archive bit)
A hopefully useful script to delete old files, not just backups, and make use of the archive bit.
2009-01-01 (first published: 2008-12-09)
2,525 reads
Automatically Restore Backup Files for SQL 2005
This script helps with restoring backup files SQL Server 2005
2008-12-31 (first published: 2008-12-11)
1,623 reads
Insert Multiple Records using a Single insert statement
This is used to insert the multiple values using a single insert statment.
2008-12-31
529 reads
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers