2018-06-05 (first published: 2018-01-11)
2,188 reads
Scripts
SQL Server Backup, Integrity Check, Index and Statistics Maintenance
Solution for Backup, Integrity Check, Index and Statistics Maintenance in SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, and SQL Server 2017.
2018-06-04 (first published: 2008-02-23)
48,249 reads
Generate scripts for SQL Server Management Studio diagrams
The procedure generates an import script of diagrams.
2018-05-31 (first published: 2017-03-22)
6,727 reads
2018-05-30 (first published: 2018-01-03)
2,516 reads
2018-05-02 (first published: 2018-04-17)
1,034 reads
2018-05-01 (first published: 2018-04-20)
1,194 reads
Date Calendar
Code to create a handy date calendar cross-reference table with a ton of pre-populated, slice-and-dice data field variations to aid in complex date parameterization / selection criteria.
2018-04-26 (first published: 2009-10-06)
16,929 reads
Script out EXISTING database mail profile's settings
Script out EXISTING database mail profile settings
2018-04-25 (first published: 2018-04-23)
35,845 reads
Generate Large Amount of Data For Performance Testing
Generate large sample data for your performance and other uses
2018-04-24 (first published: 2018-04-18)
2,983 reads
Flexible Statistics Update
Update the statistics starting from most accessed and modified ones, with a time limit. Procedure will exit when @MaxExecutionTime parameter is greater than the current execution time.
2018-04-19 (first published: 2018-04-16)
523 reads
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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