Run SQL/T-SQL scripts on folder
What to do when you have several sql scripts to run in your DB? Put all in a folder and use this...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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What to do when you have several sql scripts to run in your DB? Put all in a folder and use this...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Below script will remove database encryption key, database certificate and master key on all the user databases.
For tempdb database, you need to restart the SQL Server Instance to complete the process.
Note: It is advisable to take transaction log backup before this activity is performed.
2018-02-08 (first published: 2018-01-29)
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This procedure will help you to automation of link server failure status check with help of SQL agent job scheduling. Job query :-
exec proc_check_linked_servers 'profiler name','E-mail ID'
2018-02-07 (first published: 2018-01-30)
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2018-01-26 (first published: 2018-01-18)
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During a database migration or a side by side database upgrade project we need to migrate the MS SQL Server Agent jobs. This script compare jobs by names and shows unmatched jobs.
2018-01-25 (first published: 2018-01-20)
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How to insert data into a SQL Server Table using Powershell using Invoke-SQLcmd Commandlet
2018-01-24 (first published: 2018-01-11)
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Often we need to know on which stage is a maintenance operation such as: backup, restore, check database. You can get this information using my script.
2018-01-17 (first published: 2018-01-12)
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Show the difference between two dates (from, to) in format #d HH: MM: SS
2018-01-03 (first published: 2017-12-18)
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Powershell utility for
generating scripts for db tables with / without identity columns.It can also produce scripts for fixed number of rows
2018-01-02 (first published: 2017-12-18)
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2017-12-29 (first published: 2017-12-27)
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By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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