One line to drop a (temp) table if it exists
It is very common to want to drop a table, if it exists, before creating it. This script does so, and it works well with temp tables (where the system views are harder to query).
2008-10-06
2,720 reads
Scripts
Deleting Duplicate batches of rows
All of us have problems with Duplicate rows, here is a simple and efficient way of removing duplicate rows
2008-10-03 (first published: 2008-07-18)
1,690 reads
DDL Triggers Implementation
How to use DDL triggers and Query the Data with minimum performance impact.
2008-10-02
1,837 reads
2008-10-01 (first published: 2008-07-24)
2,717 reads
2008-09-30 (first published: 2008-07-24)
894 reads
Getting schemas for your tables
A short script you can incorporate into any 2005/2008 code to get the full schema.table.
2008-09-29
666 reads
Script to return Rows count from table using sp_ExecuteSQL
Script to return Rows count from table using sp_ExecuteSQL
2008-09-26 (first published: 2008-07-20)
1,548 reads
Using Triggers for Detective Work
When a value is changed that causes an error, finding what caused the error can be tricky. Here an application was truncating a column. The trigger helped to identify the culprit.
2008-09-25 (first published: 2008-07-17)
1,405 reads
Checking fragmented indexes
A quick script to check for fragmentation in a database and generate a list of defrag statments you can run.
2008-09-24
2,482 reads
2008-09-19 (first published: 2008-07-20)
1,496 reads
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT
Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers