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)
1,600 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)
7,192 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)
1,978 reads
2015-12-29 (first published: 2015-12-09)
1,988 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)
1,868 reads
2015-12-25 (first published: 2015-12-17)
1,711 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)
6,766 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)
5,037 reads
2015-12-22 (first published: 2012-11-26)
3,398 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)
1,791 reads
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