2008-10-23
1,456 reads
Scripts
2008-10-23 (first published: 2008-08-24)
1,917 reads
2008-10-22
1,308 reads
Delimited String Parsing Functions - Big2D set
Feed it large strings of double-delimited horizontal data and it returns it back as a non-pivoted vertical table with a 2-diemensional star schema.
2008-10-22 (first published: 2008-08-05)
1,175 reads
Delimited String Parsing Functions - Basic Set
Feed it delimited horizontal data and it returns it back as a vertical table.
2008-10-20 (first published: 2008-08-05)
2,709 reads
Fecth complete system information from multiple servers
This one line DOS script fetches Hardware Make and Model
OS Name, Edition (for 2003) and version
System Uptime
Processors,
RAM etc.
2008-10-20
371 reads
SQL Script To Find For A Particular Column In A Database
This small script help u to find the column exists in the list of tables in a database.
2008-10-17
899 reads
The Ultimate Duplicate Index Finder
Searches database-wide for multiple indexes in the same table which has the same column as the first seek key. Optionally limits to LIKE wildcard patterns of table and schema names.
2008-10-17 (first published: 2008-08-01)
3,321 reads
2008-10-16 (first published: 2008-08-12)
1,462 reads
Linked Server Dependencies
This Proc is written for either SQL 2000 or SQL 2005 to return a list of objects that are dependent on Linked Servers. This proc checks all Databases and Objects on a Server.
2008-10-15 (first published: 2008-09-05)
1,856 reads
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers