Splitting strings
There are many split-functions out there. This is very fast because there is only two string manipulation functions involved, and not per-part string manipulation.
2007-08-28 (first published: 2007-02-12)
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Scripts
PARSENAME Enhancement
The ParseName function is very useful for getting parts out of a string of characters between delimiters. But a limitiation is that you only can get four parts out, and the function only accepts dots as delimiters.The function I have written below overcomes that limitations, and add a new feature to enable "from left" and […]
2007-08-27 (first published: 2007-02-12)
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2007-08-23 (first published: 2007-02-06)
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Delete Duplicates using CTE
Delete duplicates with a CTE (common table expression).This script uses the same setup as the anonymous post using a cursor (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/viewscript.asp?scriptid=1872).
2007-08-23
1,119 reads
Display disk space stats for each table
Here is my replacement for sp_spaceused, I have altered it so that if no table is past in using the @objname parameter it loops through all the tables which is alot easyer than running the old one for each table and it displays the data one result set. So should be easyer to create a […]
2007-08-23
1,058 reads
2007-08-22 (first published: 2007-02-06)
935 reads
Get Record Count for each table in a database.
I wrote this script to compare record counts between a live database and a restored copy to test backups, I thought people might find it useful. What You need is to just copy the script and run it against your database.
2007-08-21
1,427 reads
Total backup
Simple bugfixes of another script found on this site.- bug 1 - Puntuation (dot) in database names made the script fail.
2007-08-21 (first published: 2007-02-04)
338 reads
Script SQL Server DDL
Scripting SQL Server DDLRichard SutherlandIf you buy into the theory that all database objects should be contained in a source management system such as Visual SourceSafe, and that deployment of database projects should be done from the source management system, then the manner in which Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals [a.k.a., […]
2007-08-20 (first published: 2007-02-03)
1,415 reads
Prioritize Missing Index Recommendations (2005)
To report indexes proposed by the database engine that have highest probable user impact. Note that no consideration is given to 'reasonableness' of indexes-- bytes, overall size, total number of indexes on a table, etc. Intended to provide targeted starting point for holistic evaluation of indexes.
2007-08-17
994 reads
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers