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Monitor Database Growth

This code provides a way of monitoring the growth of all your databases within a single instance. The first part is the creation of a monitoring table with the initial load of current databases and sizes. The second part is the SQL that can be put in a scheduled job to automate the growth monitoring.It […]

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2007-05-16 (first published: )

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Function returns String in Proper Case [CamelCase]

This is a generalised Function that will return a String in Proper Case [Camel Case]. Means Afetr every space, first later will be in UPPER Case.Example:Input String: 'microSoft sql server'Output String: 'Microsoft Sql Server'

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2007-05-09 (first published: )

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Function to calculate Month End Date

This function will return you the month-end date. Input parameter may be any date of that month for which you want to calculate month-end.Example:Input: '2-20-2004'      Output: '2-29-2004'Input: '2-15-2004'      Output: '2-29-2004'Input: '3-20-2004'      Output: '3-31-2004'Input: '3-30-2004'      Output: '3-31-2004'

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2007-05-08 (first published: )

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Quickly Reveal DB Recovery Model on all Databases.

I wrote this little tool out of the frustratingly slow process one must endure to find out what database Recovery Model your SQL 2000 databases are currently set to. This tool will quickly reveal whether your database Recovery model is set to either "Simple", "Full", or "Bulk-Logged." Who has time to manually pull up "Properties" […]

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2007-05-03 (first published: )

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An old and new way to query Hierarchical data

This script uses an old mathematical way of doing hierarchical queries. The most common way of showing hierarchical data in SQL Server is by creating a stored procedure that calls itself. This is not a recent problem, in fact this programming technique has been around since the first programming languages. By using stacks, you can […]

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2007-05-02 (first published: )

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Find the database by table name

Here's the scenario: 1.  You have been given a script to run.2.  You do not know the database name.3.  You know which server.Substitute the word "TABLENAME" with the table name in the script and run in query analyzer.  This query will check every database on the server and return the name of the database with […]

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2007-04-26 (first published: )

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Question of the Day

The Range of Customers

I have this data in the OrderHeader table in a SQL Server 2025 database (ordered by CustomerID ASC):

orderid orderdate               customerid complete
3       2025-05-10 00:00:00.0002          1
21      2024-01-10 00:00:00.0003          1
15      2023-10-28 00:00:00.0004   1
13      2025-03-08 00:00:00.0006          1
11      2024-04-02 00:00:00.0007          1
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
 from dbo.OrderHeader
 where customerid between 3 and '6'

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