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usp_KillUsers2

This script expands on the usp_KillUsers script posted by Brian Knight, by adding the text of the process that is being killed and will even kill users who are accessing the database from with in a process of another database. Does not contain the NET SEND option though.

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2005-04-22 (first published: )

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Synchronize the DB user SID with the Login SID

If you attach a DB on an SQL Server different from the SQL Server where the DB was initially created, you will usually come up with a situation where a login will be a DB user however, you cannot see this through the login properties screen. That happens because the name of the login exists […]

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2005-04-21 (first published: )

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Update statistics in all database (sp_updatestats)

This script permit executes the sp_updatestats in all databases at same time.First I create the stored procedure above in an admin database, for sample I create one database with ADMIN name where I put all administration objects create for me. You can create this sp in exist db, if you want.Now you can execute this […]

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2005-04-14 (first published: )

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Find maximum values for all "int" columns

/******************************************************** "CheckAllInts" Find all columns in all user tables in a database defined as "int", and get the maximum value for the column. Uses a cursor and logs the results to a table. (One-time CREATE TABLE statement at top of script). Successive runs over an appropriate period of time would allow one to find how […]

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2005-04-11 (first published: )

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getCalendarQTR

The script returns the quarter and year of a date submitted in the form of '105' - first quarter of 2005 - and is useful for grouping data by calendar quarter. Easy to modify for fiscal quarters.

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2005-04-07 (first published: )

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BIT_COUNT I

In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:

UserID  UserPermissions
15
23
37
What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount
from dbo.UserPermission
where UserID = 3;

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