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)
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Scripts
Code For Truncating Table with foreign Key Constraints
This can be used for data warehouses as well as truncating table with foreign key constraints.
2016-04-08 (first published: 2014-07-07)
2,650 reads
Script out all alerts
Sometimes you want to copy all the alerts that you've got set up on one server to add them to another
2016-04-06 (first published: 2014-05-13)
6,234 reads
A new set-based T-SQL solution for Sudoku puzzle
New set-based T-SQL solution for Sudoku puzzle using binary data and bitwise operations.
2016-04-05 (first published: 2015-06-08)
1,958 reads
2016-04-01 (first published: 2016-03-23)
887 reads
Delete Backups Older than N Days
SCRIPT TO DELETE OLDER THAN N' DAYS BACKUP FROM A DEFAULT BACKUP DIRECTORY. IF DAYS = 0, PROVIDED,
IT WILL DELETE ALL BACKUP FILES FROM THE BACKUP LOCATION.
2016-03-31 (first published: 2015-03-16)
5,667 reads
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)
3,113 reads
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)
1,077 reads
2016-03-25 (first published: 2015-01-30)
2,734 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)
1,233 reads
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RegEx Functions IV
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers