Tables With Identity Column
This script displays all tables in a database that has identity columns.
2004-10-06
151 reads
Scripts
Lock Monitoring Script to summarize active locks
A simple script created to summarize locking by spid, by database, by type with more user friendly descriptions. You can also run for a specific spid. Hope it's useful.
2004-10-05 (first published: 2004-01-27)
496 reads
Count rows in all tables in a database
Quick way to counts rows in all tables in a database without using Count(*).
2004-10-04
122 reads
Get Table Count without using COUNT
Returns the number of records within a table without having to perform COUNT.
2004-10-04 (first published: 2004-02-03)
851 reads
Stored Procedure to get Job History (with Steps)
This procedure returns the job history for any jobs run on a given day. The parameter should be entered in mm/dd/yyyy format surrounded by single quotes. I use it to produce a report of any jobs that failed on any given day.It should be created on the MSDB database.Example: EXEC usp_job_history '10/02/2004' This is my […]
2004-10-04
2,185 reads
SQL SCRIPT to grant DBC_Execute to all user SP
SQL SCRIPT to grant DBC_Execute to all user defined Stored Procs.This SQL SCRIPT is handy specially after Stored Procs are DROPPED & CREATED; often users dont mention the SQL to grant DBC_Execute permission to the Store Procs.This SQL SCRIPT will grant execute permission to DBC_Execute for all user defined Stored Procs. The SCRIPT can be […]
2004-10-03
186 reads
2004-10-01 (first published: 2004-02-16)
138 reads
Verify all DBs are part of a Maintenance Plan
This is a script you can run on a per-server basis, from any database in Query Analyzer or incorporate into a stored procedure, that will examine all databases on that instance of SQL and show what Maintenance Plan(s) they are part of, if any. Shows clearly any databases that are not currently part of a […]
2004-10-01
529 reads
Count elapsed business days between two dates
This is a UDF that counts the days between two dates ignoring weekends and corporate holidays (as supplied in a lookup table). This ignores the time component but could be adjusted should you need to. If both days are on the same work day then the elapsed days is considered 1. If started Monday and […]
2004-09-30
440 reads
Last Day of Month
A script was recently published (Last_Date_Of_Month) that returns the last day of a given month/year combination. I have simplified and improved on that script by eliminating the need to use a WHILE loop. This new script exploits the flexibility of the DATEADD function which allows you to assign negative numbers (thus effectively subtracting a given […]
2004-09-30
160 reads
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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