2015-09-30 (first published: 2015-09-17)
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Scripts
Get Server version Info
Yet another Script To get Sql server version Info. Run From Central Management server to get all your environment servers
2015-09-29 (first published: 2015-09-10)
1,760 reads
2015-09-28 (first published: 2015-09-10)
1,183 reads
Show solving arithmetic expression step by step
A script to show how to solve arithmetic expressions step-by-step, for my 9-year old daughter.
2015-09-25 (first published: 2015-09-09)
1,197 reads
Document the output of all the SPs in HTML fashion
A script to document the output columns of all the SPs in a given database, with a HTML formatted document
2015-09-24 (first published: 2015-09-08)
1,969 reads
Open transactions on a database
This script will show you all open transactions from any query windows.
2015-09-23 (first published: 2013-01-14)
3,879 reads
2015-09-22 (first published: 2012-10-01)
4,797 reads
SQL Server CPU Usage History Histogram
Returns a summary of CPU usage by SQL Server over the last 4 hours (default).
Using the sample values collected in the dm_os_ring_buffers dmv, this query will show CPU usage by the SQL Server process for the last for hours even if you have no other benchmarking activities in place on your server yet.
2015-09-18 (first published: 2014-05-14)
5,600 reads
SQL Job Timeline (Graphical)
This script generates a graphical timeline of all SQL jobs with a variable zoom level
2015-09-17 (first published: 2013-01-14)
6,724 reads
Reindex Procedure with a Twist (or two) the SQL
A 2012 update to "Reindex Procedure with a Twist (or two)":
2015-09-15 (first published: 2014-05-16)
4,423 reads
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers