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Alter Index with online rebuild - SQL 2005

This is an Alter Index script i made up from the one found in BOL and some other scripts we had. You need to create a table to hold the fragmentation data and it has a date column so you can track historical data. You can also add a db_mail part at the end to […]

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2007-08-10 (first published: )

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Compare the Data in Two Tables

These queries are used to compare the data in two tables.   In these examples all the rows in each table is retrieved and compared using the UNION ALL command.  I would recommend adding additional WHERE criteria for very large tables to reduce the number of rows that will be compared.These SQL statements are based on […]

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2007-08-09 (first published: )

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How to Validate Bank Routing Using Check Digit

To verify bank routing number by calculating correct check digit (digit #9 is used to validate 8-digit bank routing (ABA) number) and compare with digit #9 in given 9-digit routing number.(for more scripts goto http://www.siccolo.com/articles.html)

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2007-08-03 (first published: )

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Database,Drive,Data file growth monitor

This script is to monitor drive\database file space. There are variations of this script. The one posted has 2 parts. The frist is one that loops through the databases on a particular server calling the second which is the proc that gathers the information.

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2007-08-01 (first published: )

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Customized backup scripts(Arvinder & Srivathsani)

Created By:Srivathsani M(Srivathsani_m@infosys.com)Arvinder Singh Khosla(arvinder_khosla@infosys.com)Details:The scripts gives the flexibility to create customized backups.1)It gives  the provision to give the backup files a customized name with customized time stamp.2)It allows the user to create the backup directory.3)These scripts can be used in the form of stored procedures by passing the variables defined in the script as […]

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2007-07-30 (first published: )

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Question of the Day

Checking Identities

The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is used when working with identity values. I have a table with 10 rows in it that looks like this:

TravelLogID CityID  StartDate   EndDate
1           1       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
2           2       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
3           3       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
4           4       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
5           5       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
6           6       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
7           7       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
8           8       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
9           9       2025-01-11  2025-01-16
10          10      2025-01-11  2025-01-16
The docs for DBCC CHECKIDENT say this if I run with only the table parameter: "If the current identity value for a table is less than the maximum identity value stored in the identity column, it is reset using the maximum value in the identity column. " I run this code:
DELETE dbo.TravelLog WHERE TravelLogID >= 9
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog, RESEED)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
    CityID,
    StartDate,
    EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-09-14', '2025-09-17')
GO
What is the identity value for the new row inserted by the insert statement above?

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