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)
2,381 reads
Scripts
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)
2,598 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)
543 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)
2,083 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)
2,149 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)
1,279 reads
2016-07-18 (first published: 2016-06-28)
660 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)
3,242 reads
2016-07-05 (first published: 2016-05-26)
4,926 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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