Fix Orphan Users for Instance Migration
Use provided script to fix orphan users for all databases after Instance Migration. Tested on SQL 2014.
2016-01-04 (first published: 2015-12-17)
1,604 reads
Scripts
Index Breakdown
Provides a robust breakdown of all indexes contained within a database allowing for quick analysis and identification of inefficient, redundant, unused, bloated, stale, and / or poorly architected indexes.
2015-12-31 (first published: 2013-11-08)
7,194 reads
Failed and Successful Login Auditing Using xp_readerrorlog
Script uses undocumented extended stored procedure xp_readerrorlog to find failed logins (grouped) and last successful login
2015-12-30 (first published: 2015-12-15)
1,983 reads
2015-12-29 (first published: 2015-12-09)
1,992 reads
Add empty first step for every job
This script adds empty first step for every job for easier job history viewing.
2015-12-28 (first published: 2015-12-10)
1,872 reads
2015-12-25 (first published: 2015-12-17)
1,713 reads
String Search
Search for a string value within columns of data types CHAR, NCHAR, NTEXT, NVARCHAR, TEXT, VARCHAR, XML.
2015-12-24 (first published: 2012-03-19)
6,774 reads
Object Search
Procedure to search any database (or a combination of databases, including all) for a specific string found in column names, object names, and / or object definitions.
2015-12-23 (first published: 2009-04-29)
5,039 reads
2015-12-22 (first published: 2012-11-26)
3,406 reads
Know read and write ratio before you tune database performance
A script to get the user table query ratio and update radio,etc
2015-12-21 (first published: 2015-12-11)
1,792 reads
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContactAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers