2018-02-19 (first published: 2018-02-07)
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Scripts
Compression estimates
The script estimate compression benefits per each object in the database for which the page compression has not been implemented.
2018-02-15 (first published: 2018-01-15)
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2018-02-12 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Run SQL/T-SQL scripts on folder
What to do when you have several sql scripts to run in your DB? Put all in a folder and use this...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Remove Database Encryption Key on all user databases
Below script will remove database encryption key, database certificate and master key on all the user databases.
For tempdb database, you need to restart the SQL Server Instance to complete the process.
Note: It is advisable to take transaction log backup before this activity is performed.
2018-02-08 (first published: 2018-01-29)
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All Link servers working status check and failure alert over E-mail
This procedure will help you to automation of link server failure status check with help of SQL agent job scheduling. Job query :-
exec proc_check_linked_servers 'profiler name','E-mail ID'
2018-02-07 (first published: 2018-01-30)
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2018-01-26 (first published: 2018-01-18)
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Compare MS SQL Agent jobs on two servers
During a database migration or a side by side database upgrade project we need to migrate the MS SQL Server Agent jobs. This script compare jobs by names and shows unmatched jobs.
2018-01-25 (first published: 2018-01-20)
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Insert data into a SQL Server Table using Powershell using Invoke-SQLc
How to insert data into a SQL Server Table using Powershell using Invoke-SQLcmd Commandlet
2018-01-24 (first published: 2018-01-11)
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2018-01-23 (first published: 2009-10-27)
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers