Converting values into Rows
Script describe one of the way to divide values into rows by using any specified dividing value.
2016-11-15 (first published: 2016-11-04)
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2016-11-14 (first published: 2016-11-06)
702 reads
Function - Word count in a sentence
The function (Inline function) is used to determine the word count in a textual/string input.
* Compatible from SQL Server 2012 and up.
2016-11-11 (first published: 2016-11-04)
486 reads
Automatic restore database to different server from backup file
if you get bunch of back up files ( full backup and transaction log backup, you need restore those database to different server, you can use my stored procedure to genereate the restore command
2016-11-10 (first published: 2014-12-17)
2,544 reads
Build restore scripts dynamically
This script will build restore scripts with the most recent full backup and all t-log backups since, for each user database in the SQL instance.
2016-11-09 (first published: 2016-11-01)
1,360 reads
Monitor your website or any URL from SQL Server
You can monitor your web application by given its url and by creating the job in sql server 2005 which will send you the mail when ever your website is down.
2016-11-07 (first published: 2009-06-17)
11,940 reads
2016-11-03 (first published: 2014-10-07)
2,608 reads
Script All Logins / Users / and Roles
This Script Generates A script to Create all Logins, Server Roles, DB Users and DB roles on a SQL Server.
2016-11-02 (first published: 2013-10-31)
32,943 reads
View for Ola Hallengren CommandLog
Add 3 columns, duration in seconds,Pagecount and fragmentation. For people like me who don't enjoy querying XML.
2016-10-31 (first published: 2015-11-12)
3,300 reads
Getting top ranked employee detail for each department
Using OVER clause with ROW_NUMBER() function to get top ranked employee detail as per each department.
2016-10-25 (first published: 2016-10-03)
772 reads
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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