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 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
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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
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2007-08-22 (first published: 2007-02-06)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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This is an enhanced version of my previous script: Prioritize Missing Index Recommendations (2005).To aid in evaluation of whether the recommended index is reasonable, I have added :1. counts for key columns and the total columns of the recommended index 2. the length/bytes for both key and all columns Note this is 'per row', not […]
2007-08-17
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers