SQL Server Agent Jobs Statistics
This script will give you a thorough report about sql server jobs based on historical data.
2017-07-26 (first published: 2013-09-25)
2,187 reads
Scripts
Script DB Level Permissions v4.3
Script database and object level permissions for all database users
2017-07-25 (first published: 2016-02-26)
15,472 reads
2017-07-24 (first published: 2017-07-12)
637 reads
Add a login to multiple SQL Servers
This is a simple powershell script that will add a particular login to multiple SQL Server instances in a go.
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-04)
1,950 reads
2017-07-18 (first published: 2015-10-16)
1,763 reads
XML import from a Cross-tab Report
Source xml is a rendition of a cross-tab report. I show the evolution of a Spackle solution for import as a SQL resultset.
2017-06-08 (first published: 2017-06-01)
499 reads
PBM Policy / WMI query to see which CPUs are in power-saving mode
A simple PBM policy which uses WMI to find out if the CPUs in the target are running at their maximum clock speed.
2017-06-06 (first published: 2011-01-14)
2,109 reads
2017-06-05 (first published: 2016-08-15)
956 reads
Getting TEXT, NTEXT and IMAGE columns in Database
As per Microsoft documentation these types will be removed from future version
2017-06-02 (first published: 2017-05-31)
2,916 reads
Function to Round or Truncate DateTime
This Function is used to round to Second, Minute, Hour or Day or to Truncate to Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Month or Year and return Datetime Value
2017-05-31 (first published: 2017-05-23)
4,398 reads
Blogs
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Forums
Fixing P1 Queries
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Symmetric Key Encryption
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers