2016-06-08 (first published: 2016-04-28)
916 reads
Scripts
Table Comparison Procedure
Procedure to compare two tables , getting table names and rows to display
2016-06-07 (first published: 2016-05-06)
1,059 reads
Replication-Quick way to determine the articles
Replication related script- quick way to determine the publication name, Article and column which are part of the different publications.
2016-06-06 (first published: 2016-05-09)
888 reads
List instances hosting similarly named databases
Lists instances, aliased linked servers, and databases pattern matched on the linked server and database names
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-06)
366 reads
2016-06-02 (first published: 2016-05-10)
984 reads
Translate function for SQL Server
Relational database management systems such as Oracle, Postgres, DB2 and Teradata, as well as other programming languages such as Python, Hive, XSLT and SAS have a Translate function. Now we have one for SQL Server.
2016-06-01 (first published: 2016-05-12)
1,076 reads
Run a specific query across all servers using powershell
Run a specific query across all servers using powershell
2016-05-31 (first published: 2015-03-06)
3,273 reads
Testing all Linked Servers in all SQL SERVER servers with Powershell
This Script shows how to use powershell to test all linked servers in all SQL SERVER servers. previously registered in a txt.
2016-05-27 (first published: 2009-04-01)
3,401 reads
Report Alerts from SQL ErrorLog
Sends Back Critical Alerts from ErrorLog occurred in the last 24 Hrs. You can even modify the data [Check @start and change the value]
2016-05-26 (first published: 2015-05-15)
2,514 reads
2016-05-25 (first published: 2014-03-06)
2,233 reads
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Forums
Two queries work until compared with EXCEPT statement
I've got multiple databases on 2 SQL 2019 CU32 servers , all using the...
STRING_AGG DISTINCT
Has anyone written a wrapper function (or similar) around STRING_AGG() to allow the retrieval...
In-place OS upgrade or migration to new OS?
Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers