Calculate Age (in years)
An inline table valued function (iTVF) that can be used to calculate age in years.
2016-04-27 (first published: 2016-04-06)
1,104 reads
Scripts
Format Date Time Function
Function do return common datatime formats of a date.
select dbo.[KDT_FN_FORMATDATETIME]('LASTDAY DDDD',getdate())
2016-04-26 (first published: 2016-03-29)
1,670 reads
Determine Easter Sunday
Determine what day easter sunday will be based upon the year you pass the function
2016-04-25 (first published: 2016-03-30)
492 reads
Open Transaction Alarm to Log to the Event log
If you have job that opens a transaction and hangs too long causing a Prod issue this will be a big help to let you know.
2016-04-22 (first published: 2016-03-30)
727 reads
Version independent spGetBackupDateFromFile
This is an version independent stored procedure to get the backup date from a backup file.
It's tested for SQL 2005, 2008(R2), 2012 and 2014.
Consider it a template to which you can add more output parameters from the headerinfo to meet your requirements.
2016-04-21 (first published: 2016-03-31)
386 reads
Database File Move Etc
A stored procedure to generate database file moves along with Robocopy script and the attach / detach scripts
2016-04-20 (first published: 2016-04-04)
675 reads
GetNumsAB
A brand new, high-performing, "GetNumbers" or "fnTallyTable" function that can be used for defeating RBAR.
2016-04-19 (first published: 2016-03-23)
1,460 reads
Datetime Formats
This stored procedure will show all possible datetime formats when used with the style argument in the CONVERT() function. It also shows sample output from the date part arguments.
2016-04-13 (first published: 2014-10-10)
2,521 reads
2016-04-12 (first published: 2014-03-12)
2,407 reads
Script move of DB files from one location to another
Generates Scripts to move DB files from one location to another SQL and powershell scripts
2016-04-11 (first published: 2014-03-19)
4,314 reads
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
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