2018-06-05 (first published: 2018-01-11)
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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)
48,263 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)
6,736 reads
2018-05-30 (first published: 2018-01-03)
2,519 reads
2018-05-02 (first published: 2018-04-17)
1,039 reads
2018-05-01 (first published: 2018-04-20)
1,201 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)
16,959 reads
Script out EXISTING database mail profile's settings
Script out EXISTING database mail profile settings
2018-04-25 (first published: 2018-04-23)
35,933 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)
3,027 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)
526 reads
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers