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
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Scripts
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)
854 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
2,196 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
189 reads
2004-10-01 (first published: 2004-02-16)
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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
542 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
447 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
170 reads
2004-09-30 (first published: 2004-02-16)
99 reads
Return the Count of Weekday in a period
Two Method for Return the Count of Weekday between two date!
2004-09-30
300 reads
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers