Script to Find String in Database object
Script that searches every object in a database for a specific string.
2016-06-20 (first published: 2016-05-02)
1,071 reads
Scripts
Query to find tables with Forwarded Records
Use below query to find tables that need to be optimized based on number of forwarded records.
2016-06-16 (first published: 2016-05-05)
603 reads
2016-06-14 (first published: 2016-05-02)
1,876 reads
Data Sample Scripter
Generates code for INSERTs as well as generating data form tables for INSERT. Will also find and script all dependencies recursively, present all scripts in dependency order, and generate a reverse-dependency order set of conditional DELETE statements.
2016-06-13 (first published: 2015-06-04)
2,166 reads
PatExclude8K
Removes characters in the a string (@string) that matches a specific pattern (updated 12-3-14)
2016-06-10 (first published: 2014-10-27)
4,677 reads
Log and report on table growth for trending
Log and report on table growth for trending, so you can track exactly which table(s) are your hotspots for growth.
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-05-05)
1,791 reads
2016-06-08 (first published: 2016-04-28)
916 reads
Table Comparison Procedure
Procedure to compare two tables , getting table names and rows to display
2016-06-07 (first published: 2016-05-06)
1,063 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)
895 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)
372 reads
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers