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)
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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)
1,473 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)
662 reads
2018-09-26
505 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)
1,805 reads
2018-09-21 (first published: 2018-06-01)
2,133 reads
2018-09-20 (first published: 2018-08-28)
919 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)
614 reads
2018-09-04 (first published: 2018-08-23)
338 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)
268 reads
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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