Generate scripts for SQL Server Management Studio diagrams
The procedure generates an import script of diagrams.
2019-04-15 (first published: 2017-03-22)
6,712 reads
Scripts
Index Breakdown
Provides a robust breakdown of all indexes contained within a database allowing for quick analysis and identification of inefficient, redundant, unused, bloated, stale, and / or poorly architected indexes.
2019-04-15 (first published: 2013-11-08)
7,183 reads
2019-04-15 (first published: 2009-08-31)
1,302 reads
Object Search
Procedure to search any database (or a combination of databases, including all) for a specific string found in column names, object names, and / or object definitions.
2019-04-15 (first published: 2009-04-29)
5,032 reads
SQL Battleship
It's you versus the computer in the classic game of Battleship, completely playable from the SQL Server Management Studio interface!
2019-04-15 (first published: 2014-04-25)
8,430 reads
SQL Server System Report
Overview report for tracking key database performance metrics, general system stats, overall activity, and general server info, including: properties and settings, uptime, drive space, DB size allocation, growth stats, backups, jobs, index fragmentation, missing and unused indexes, and much more.
2019-04-15 (first published: 2010-05-11)
16,034 reads
String Search
Search for a string value within columns of data types CHAR, NCHAR, NTEXT, NVARCHAR, TEXT, VARCHAR, XML.
2019-04-15 (first published: 2012-03-19)
6,745 reads
2019-04-15 (first published: 2012-11-26)
3,394 reads
2019-04-15 (first published: 2009-10-27)
15,575 reads
DigitsOnlyEE and AlphaNumericOnly
A nasty fast way to remove non-numeric and non-alphanumeric characters from a string
2019-03-15 (first published: 2016-05-17)
3,310 reads
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Question of the Day
QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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