In response to Sam Stange's "An old and new way to query Hierarchical data", this script uses the new CTE feature of SQL Server 2005 to display the hierarchical data all at once. I have added a check to prevent infinite loop in case there is a loop in the data (actually, there is one […]
2007-04-11 (first published: 2007-03-28)
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To build function based index in SQL Server, you can use indexed view (materialized view) or using a computed column. In this script, I give an exmaple of how to use the computed column to implement a function based index on a table to search through a free formated telephone number column. The basic step […]
2007-04-10 (first published: 2007-03-29)
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When AUTOSTATS is used in a database, we can sometimes use these automatically generated statistics to find columns where SQL Server has built statistics on non-indexed columns that may benefit from an index. This script finds these columns and displays the selectivity of them. This script can be useful in troubleshooting poorly performing databases by […]
2007-04-09 (first published: 2007-02-20)
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If you use 2 different maintenance plans (one for full-recovery databases and one for simple-mode databases) this proc can help keep the databases in the right plan. You can schedule this as a job and if anyone changes the recovery mode of a database or adds/removes a database, this proc will ensure that the changes […]
2007-04-06 (first published: 2007-03-05)
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Interested in getting the ordinal number as text?You know, 1st, 32nd and so on?Have a look at this script.peso@developerworkshop.net
2007-04-05 (first published: 2007-03-02)
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Using this procedure you can get the list of 4 digit number and the sum of those 4 digits is equal to your given input number. its helpful when you choose your RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) Vehicle number.Input For this procedure: Single Digit Number (May be your luck number)Output From this procedure: it gives the […]
2007-04-04 (first published: 2007-03-03)
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We have auditors in the building, looking at our security (amongst other things). So, we needed an easy way to generate a listing of the SQL logins, and the permissions into each database on our servers (over 70 if them).This script will generate the listings the auditors wanted.
2007-04-02 (first published: 2007-03-07)
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This script compares the code (SP, Func. etc.) between two databases (say Dev and QA) and reports the objects which have differences.
2007-03-30 (first published: 2007-03-08)
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Case Insensitive Camparison remains a problem for most developers since SQL Server not supports any built in function for these purpose here is one wich compares varchar strings and returns 1 is mathes and 0 other wiseselect dbo.CampareCaseInsensitive('A','a')
2007-03-29 (first published: 2007-03-08)
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Since it is not possible to script only the primary keys of all tables with the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, here a small script to get the create scripts for all existing primary keys of the current database.
2007-03-28 (first published: 2007-03-09)
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By Brian Kelley
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By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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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