2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-03-29)
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Scripts
Getting transaction log space usage statistics for all databases.
Easy way to get the TLOg space Usage details
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-11-19)
1,388 reads
Job Step Log Output file path
If you have a requirement to carefully have the output file against each sql agent job step, you can use this script. If incase, there are many sql agent jobs and by any reason if any of the step does not have proper o/p file, this script can automatically create the o/p file.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2016-05-20)
1,549 reads
Kill all USer Sessions before starting to restore a Database
If you have a requirement to Kill all USer Sessions before starting to restore a Database, you may use this script
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-07-08)
2,147 reads
Killing User Connection(session) connected to the Database.
The script will be helpful to kill all the user sessions before performing the refresh of the database.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2011-03-29)
2,655 reads
List Out All User Defined Triggers
List Out All User Defined Triggers, along with the database where the triggers are disabled. is_ms_shipped = 1 denotes that its an user written trigger.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-07-07)
841 reads
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-09-13)
1,926 reads
PowerShell Query to remove backup folders against multiple servers
Remove backup folders from multiple servers.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2014-12-09)
620 reads
Query to check whether my Full Database Backup is running fine.
The query will help to find whether my database backup to a specific instance of SQL Server is running fine. If HH> 1, this would signify that the backup is running, else this is a failure.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2012-08-25)
1,239 reads
Query to Delete all Folders, Sub-Folders and Files located in a Path
A script to help you cleanup Files/Folders & Sub-folders.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2015-07-30)
70 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198–Change Detection
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This month we have a new host, Meagan Longoria, who graciously agreed to help...
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Forums
Failure: "External table is not in the expected format."
Good Afternoon, 1) I run a SSIS Package (.dtsx) in Visual Studio and it...
Failure: "External table is not in the expected format."
Good Afternoon, 1) I run a SSIS Package (.dtsx) in Visual Studio and it...
Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
When the schema of an object is changed, SQL Server wipes out the previous...
Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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