SP to show information about log in databases
It calculates log free space in mb and in percent for all databases, and also show the quantity of different objects for one databases.
2002-02-02
2,841 reads
Scripts
Get list of files from dir and put in table
This stored procedure reads the file names from a directory and stores just the names in a given table. It returns also the number of files present. The sp uses xp_cmdshell and so permissions are restricted to sysadmins and SQLAgentCmdExec. You can test with the following: Create Table ##tmp2 ( fldx nvarchar(255) ) Declare @FilePath […]
2002-02-01
1,998 reads
Stored procedure to expose information for a file
I wanted to be able to use info about an operating system file in TSQL. So I wrote this stored procedure that uses the special stored procedures xp_fileexist and xp_getfiledetails. This can tell if a file or folder exists, and if it is a file what is its size, created date and time, last written […]
2002-02-01
1,280 reads
SP to import to a file
Is a SP that imports a table to a file. You just put the table name, the path and the sa password and then you have it. It is important that it parse the table inserted (pubs.dbo.sales for example) and checks that the db, the table with the owner exists
2002-01-28
1,703 reads
DBCC Checkdb script
Script that executes DBCC Checkdb in all databases, creates a log file in c:\Checkdb\ in a folder with the current date, and a file with the format: DB_Date.log Also sends each log in an attachment by Email.
2002-01-27
6,272 reads
SP that shows information from a given database
It is used to show information from a database. It shows the creation date, it calculates the time in days, months and hours since its creation and it shows all the users with rights in that database.
2002-01-27
2,210 reads
Alert Procedure for Long-Running Job
For jobs that run periodically and should take only a short time to run, a DBA may want to know when the job has been running for an excessive time. In this case, just checking to see IF the job is running won't do; the ability to make sure that it hasn't been running for […]
2002-01-15
4,008 reads
Calculate point in time DB Hit Ratios
Displays the hit ratio of the buffer, procedure and log caches. Does not check for div by zero as I am lazy. Tested on SS2k (any SP).
2002-01-15
918 reads
Show Blocking and Wait time
When executed against a database in which blocking occur, below script will report lockType, Object waited for and current Wait times. The script requires access to master..systables. The script queries syslockInfo (as does sp_lock), but further joins sysprocesses with an interpretation of waitresource matching SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000.
2002-01-14
2,616 reads
DBCC REINDEX all user tables
This script reindexes all user and system indexes in the database using the original fillfactor allocated to that index. It can be executed from the Query Analyzer as stand alone SQL or you could wrap it in a stored procedure.
2002-01-11
8,200 reads
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Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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