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)
1,854 reads
Scripts
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)
1,133 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)
630 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)
918 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)
1,143 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)
1,677 reads
Part 1 -- Restore a database to another instance...
A great script that I wrote some time ago to allow the last database backup to be restored across a linked server to another server, after running a remote sproc on the destination to kill off any users on the receiving side.
2016-03-14 (first published: 2016-02-25)
884 reads
2016-03-11 (first published: 2014-09-11)
2,780 reads
Get file sizes of database files and free space on disk
Reports on the data and log file sizes and space used within files for each database on a servers. It also includes the free space on the drive where the file is located.
2016-03-10 (first published: 2015-07-23)
5,525 reads
Last Accessed Datetime for table - Easiest way
This function is used to get the complete table lists are particular table and its last access datetime.
2016-03-07 (first published: 2014-11-03)
3,240 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
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This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
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Question of the Day
Using CHOOSE()
We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.
CREATE TABLE Status
(
StatusID INT,
StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
StatusID,
StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned? See possible answers