Create Database Snapshot Dynamically
Dynamic SQL can be used to generate a database snapshot. Useful for a database with a number of files.
2018-08-23 (first published: 2016-11-04)
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2018-08-13 (first published: 2018-07-18)
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2018-08-08 (first published: 2018-07-22)
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Table Space Used in DB
A quick script that provides the sizes of the tables in your database, including schema and choice of sort method
2018-08-07 (first published: 2018-07-29)
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2018-07-17 (first published: 2018-06-26)
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STRING and FIND SQL Functions
SQL Functions that simplify search and operations over strings on SQL Server (starting with 2012)
2018-07-11 (first published: 2018-07-06)
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User Stored Procedure for Backup of user databases
This script is intended to demonstrate how we can create a stored procedure for the user responsible for backing up user databases in a default storage location.
2018-07-10 (first published: 2018-07-05)
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2018-07-09 (first published: 2018-07-04)
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Create Database using dynamic SQL
The T-SQL script created a databases using the default file locations from SQL server configuration and prints them in the end.
2018-07-05 (first published: 2018-06-28)
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User access management on DB & object level
It will help to find and manage the users access on DB level
2018-07-05 (first published: 2018-06-26)
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
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