Add new Databases to a AG Setup with PowerShell
Some short & sweet PS code to add databases on AG Node 1 to AG Node2 and snap them in.
2017-09-12 (first published: 2017-09-07)
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Scripts
CDC watchdog for databases in AlwaysOn AG
Stored procedure to ensure CDC job will be started once failover happen.
2017-08-25 (first published: 2017-08-22)
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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
Script DB Level Permissions v4.3
Script database and object level permissions for all database users
2017-07-25 (first published: 2016-02-26)
15,411 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)
1,949 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)
498 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)
2,108 reads
2017-06-05 (first published: 2016-08-15)
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Question of the Day
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers