New T-SQL Fixed Width "Splitter"
A brand new tally table based, fixed width "splitter" that can be used for much more than just string splitting
2016-06-22 (first published: 2016-05-14)
1,965 reads
Scripts
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)
1,046 reads
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)
597 reads
2016-06-14 (first published: 2016-05-02)
1,861 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)
2,155 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)
4,542 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)
1,778 reads
2016-06-08 (first published: 2016-04-28)
911 reads
Table Comparison Procedure
Procedure to compare two tables , getting table names and rows to display
2016-06-07 (first published: 2016-05-06)
1,047 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)
875 reads
Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers