NULLs to Not NULLs
Script finds char types columns defined to allow NULL values but have non NULL values and generates the ALTER statements for the changes.
2016-02-22 (first published: 2016-02-08)
1,026 reads
Scripts
Grant EXECUTE on all user-defines types
Gives execute permission on all user-defined types for the specific user
2016-02-19 (first published: 2016-02-03)
852 reads
SQL Agent job to show SQL Server service details upon agent restart
To show SQL Server and physical server details upon instance restart so that we have visibility of unexpected issues with servers and services.
2016-02-18 (first published: 2016-02-04)
747 reads
Enhanced Index Rebuild Script
Enhanced version of Index Rebuilt Script originally written by Michelle Ufford, which now includes latest version updates and additional features.
2016-02-17 (first published: 2016-02-04)
1,938 reads
Restore Redgate Transaction logs files via SQL
The script will restore the all the transaction logs files generated by Red Gate after extracting into .trn files.
2016-02-16 (first published: 2016-02-02)
530 reads
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-01-29)
962 reads
Transfer/copy data between servers using Remote Connection
Synch tables from Server 1 to Server 2 with out dropping tables in server 2 which do not exists in server 1.
2016-02-11 (first published: 2016-02-01)
1,100 reads
2016-02-05 (first published: 2014-05-15)
3,300 reads
Index stats with key,included columns, size - all you can eat
Get total access,updates, rowlocks,pagelocks, stats date,rowcount for all tables or specific table by partition
2016-02-04 (first published: 2016-01-22)
910 reads
Design : Find table with Identities with missing unique constraints
In an OLTP DB, other than an autogenerated Identity , there should be something else on the table which makes the non-identity data unique, as in, unique if you had to drop the ID column.
2016-02-03 (first published: 2016-01-22)
505 reads
Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
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This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
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Searching for my own posts
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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