Validate SP's and UDF's with checksum
This UDF will return the checksum for a SP or UDF to help tracking changes to the code.Example:print dbo.OBchecksum('hello')
2003-01-07
194 reads
Scripts
Count and display number of rows in all tables
This script can be used to display the number of rows of all the tables in a database.
2003-01-02
348 reads
Generate "insert" script
You can use it when you want to generate a script which can insert data row by row.
2002-12-31
436 reads
CSV Lists of Columns in Different Formats
This script creates comma separated lists of columns in different formats. These lists can be copied and pasted into other T-SQL statements. The lists are formatted as: a simple list of column names, a list with the column names as declared variables (@ + column name + data type), a list with column names as […]
2002-12-26
232 reads
Dynamic DBCC DBREINDEX
This script uses sysobjects and sysindexes to ID all tables in a database that are indexed, and/or clustered. It then runs through per table all of the indexes and runs DBREINDEX with their fillfactor. This eliminates having to maintain a list of all indexes and having code fail when it tries to modify indexes that […]
2002-12-19
1,807 reads
Net Send
Yee Haa, as if we couldn't annoy our users more with message boxes, emails, and other friendly pop ups ;P here comes the net send. Has a test for success to determine if the send worked. If an invalid name is entered it can take a bit to fail, so don't use this from a […]
2002-12-18
366 reads
Registry Reading and Writing UDF's
These are little more than wrapper functions for xp_regread and xp_regwrite, but lets them be callable from views, if you desire to do so.
2002-12-18
206 reads
Retrieve environment variables
This stored procedure lets you retrieve the environment variables from the server. you can pass in a partial name to get the variables that start with the partial match, or bblank to retrieve all the environment variables.
2002-12-18
602 reads
Script to gather informations on databases
The script is design to gather informations on the growth of the databases per server (except the system ones).It is collecting in the 'databases' table of the master database for current information and in 'histodatabases' for old ones.It is possible to schedule the stored procedure.The column Serveur is only for gathering information on one server […]
2002-12-17
343 reads
Automatically Restoring from Production
Came across a great script from Ken Kaufman on copying backups using xp_cmdshell. Thought I'd contribute a script I wrote that builds on that to restore the latest production backup to a testing or development server. In this case I routinely create all my production backups to a network share and then use that source […]
2002-12-16
674 reads
Blogs
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Forums
A Complete Guide to IMAP to Office 365 Migration
IMAP to Office 365 migration is an important step for organizations that want to...
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Adding new column with DEFAULT...
Advanced Deployment Scenarios: Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 7
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Advanced Deployment Scenarios: Stairway to...
Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers