Report overlapping jobs
This script reports jobs which are running when another job is also running. This could be a reason for performance degradations.
2016-07-29 (first published: 2014-06-21)
2,678 reads
Scripts
Yet another way to defrag indexes
A script we use in our company, that rebuilds online=on by default, but takes care of special exceptions.
2016-07-28 (first published: 2014-06-06)
2,386 reads
Dynamic Table Name on Select Into
Based upon todays date as suffix and chosen string as prefix, select data from predefined table into dynamically named new table. Script is properly error handled with most common errors
2016-07-27 (first published: 2015-05-04)
2,607 reads
2016-07-26 (first published: 2014-11-20)
2,260 reads
Alert for low identities available
This script alert when a table on a DB has a low number of identities available
2016-07-25 (first published: 2016-07-16)
544 reads
Random Lottery Number Generator
This script will generate 5 lottery numbers plus one mega and you can set how many tickets and the range for the numbers for the different types of lotteries.
2016-07-22 (first published: 2016-07-13)
2,089 reads
Missing Index Script with Create Statement
standard missing index script but has a create statement to copy and past
2016-07-21 (first published: 2016-07-07)
2,150 reads
Capture Linux Drive Space data with Powershell
Capture Linux Drive Space data with Powershell using Posh-SSH module
2016-07-19 (first published: 2016-07-06)
1,280 reads
2016-07-18 (first published: 2016-06-28)
661 reads
Get earliest and latest date values in a database
Query the earliest and latest date values found in all datetime columns in the current database.
2016-07-12 (first published: 2016-06-21)
3,257 reads
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RegEx Functions II
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RegEx Functions II
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^d') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers