number of rows and columns of an instance
Get the number of rows, columns, and space used by all tables in all databases
2018-10-03 (first published: 2018-09-20)
521 reads
Scripts
Data Collections restart and clear cache files
Script to stop the default Data Collection sets, clear the cache files and then restart collection sets.
2018-10-02 (first published: 2018-09-25)
1,467 reads
Conditionally Order By Different Column
Order records based on a different column depending on which absolute value is greater.
2018-10-01 (first published: 2018-09-26)
658 reads
2018-09-26
496 reads
dba_CopyLogins
A copy of the late Robert Davis' dba_copylogins stored procedure with a bug fix. The SP copies logins, roles, and permissions between servers.
2018-09-24 (first published: 2018-08-28)
1,803 reads
2018-09-21 (first published: 2018-06-01)
2,126 reads
2018-09-20 (first published: 2018-08-28)
913 reads
T-SQL to compress (shorten) IPv6 address
Didn't find anything, so hope this will help someone with similar need.
Note I did a similar set-based version, and unless the input is more towards non-zeros in all eight 2-byte fields, the set-based performs not as well
2018-09-19 (first published: 2018-09-12)
609 reads
2018-09-04 (first published: 2018-08-23)
334 reads
FK_Add_Drop_Constraints_AllDBs
This scripts helps to generate ADD / DROP Constraints against single Database.
2018-09-03 (first published: 2018-08-14)
265 reads
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers