2018-05-01 (first published: 2018-04-20)
1,209 reads
Scripts
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)
16,993 reads
Script out EXISTING database mail profile's settings
Script out EXISTING database mail profile settings
2018-04-25 (first published: 2018-04-23)
36,014 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)
3,057 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)
530 reads
2018-04-18 (first published: 2018-04-12)
4,359 reads
Finding table name based on a specific value
This script is used to Find out the table name and column name where a specific string has been used
2018-04-17 (first published: 2018-04-13)
2,235 reads
Script - All Jobs (powershell/SMO)
Script powershell/SMO que gera os scripts de DROP/CREATE para cada JOB existente na instância
2018-04-16 (first published: 2018-04-13)
646 reads
Login restriction from selected applications and users
It will help to DBA for restrict the SQL Users login from selected applications programs and track there logins with Host name and other details
2018-04-11 (first published: 2018-03-29)
760 reads
DB Blocking Automated E-mail Alerting with Blocker SP ID & query's
It will Help DBA to monitor the instant blocking and can take the action immediately on blocker query and users.
2018-04-05 (first published: 2018-03-22)
1,487 reads
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers