Demonstration on how to pivot data using temp tables
This script was designed to 'pivot' data that couldnt easily be pivoted in any other way. i used temporary tables to eventually achieve the result i was looking for 🙂
2008-10-10
1,069 reads
Scripts
The Ultimate Index Lister (Pivoted)
Lists details for all indexes on one or more tables / schemas, including row count and size. This version outputs the member seek + include columns as two comma separated output columns.
2008-10-09 (first published: 2008-08-01)
2,532 reads
Create Role for specific set of Objects based on a set of Conditions.
This script is for the Generating a code block that makes it easier to grant various permissions on a group of objects qualified by specific Criteria.
2008-10-08 (first published: 2008-07-23)
1,351 reads
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
2,749 reads
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)
1,704 reads
DDL Triggers Implementation
How to use DDL triggers and Query the Data with minimum performance impact.
2008-10-02
1,854 reads
2008-10-01 (first published: 2008-07-24)
2,740 reads
2008-09-30 (first published: 2008-07-24)
912 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
679 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)
1,565 reads
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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers