Accurate Time between Two Dates in Year, Month,Day Format
This script shows the total time between two dates.
2016-03-29 (first published: 2014-07-09)
3,092 reads
Scripts
Find missing index in the whole instance
This script scans all DB-s in the instance & send result to the email. I use sp_MSforechdb function & missing index finding script what i found here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj128029.aspx
2016-03-28 (first published: 2016-03-23)
1,072 reads
2016-03-25 (first published: 2015-01-30)
2,724 reads
AD HOC Queries with Excel Output (Multiple Instances)
From a plain text containing multiple instance names you can deploy EXCEL files to report just changing your query text
2016-03-24 (first published: 2016-03-08)
1,223 reads
Parse list of names from Outlook
This script will parse a list of names copied from the To box of an Outlook email.
2016-03-23 (first published: 2015-07-20)
1,842 reads
Resolving merge replication conflicts type 5 & 6
Merge replication conflicts 'upload insert failed' and 'download insert failed' cannot be resolved using Conflict Viewer alone. Here's a script that will semi-automate the process for most conflicts
2016-03-21 (first published: 2016-03-03)
1,118 reads
Post-Deployment - Scan for RefreshView/Recompile
A script I can run after deployment to refresh views and force a recompile due to modified DDL.
2016-03-18 (first published: 2016-03-03)
610 reads
Transaction Log VLF Alarm
This was used to alert on VLF counts to high due to replication log reader having issue reading the transaction log.
2016-03-17 (first published: 2016-03-02)
908 reads
End to End Server Disk Space reporting within SQL Server
This procedure using OLE object calls to obtain server disk space values and writes them to a table. It then creates an HTML report based on the contents of the table and then , via a SQL Agent job, sends out colour coded emails relating to how much drive space is left... this is very handy!!!!
2016-03-16 (first published: 2016-02-25)
1,130 reads
Part 2 -- Restore a database to another instance...
This script should be created in the source instance of the database to be backed up and then restored in conjunction with that on the destination in Step 1.
2016-03-15 (first published: 2016-02-25)
1,660 reads
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RegEx Functions I
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RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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