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)
4,452 reads
Scripts
Get database size, used space, free space
Gets the size, amount of space used & unused, owner and modify date for all databases in a Sql instance.
2015-09-14 (first published: 2014-04-22)
4,474 reads
Deleting Duplicate Records
In Datawarehousing, a normal scenario is eleminating duplicate records/rows or deleting duplicate records, here's the solution.
2015-09-11 (first published: 2012-10-31)
5,049 reads
2015-09-10 (first published: 2014-05-08)
4,899 reads
Physical Server or a Virtual Machine?
Simple T-SQL Script to know whether your SQL Server is running on a Physical box or a VM.
Note: This Script works only on 2008R2 SP1 and above.
2015-09-09 (first published: 2014-05-22)
4,819 reads
Create MERGE statements with data!
A script to create MERGE statements with data for specific tables.
2015-09-03 (first published: 2014-05-19)
5,247 reads
SQL Server Performance Base Line Script
Performance Base Line Report from SQL Server DMVs and Perfmon counters
2015-09-02 (first published: 2013-02-04)
17,319 reads
Block altering indexed views.
Altering an indexed view will drop all indexes on it without warning, even if nothing is changed.
This will prevent accidental alters.
Script is divided into 4 parts, included testing and cleanup scripts.
2015-09-01 (first published: 2015-08-13)
1,012 reads
Registered server documenter
Returns server and instance information via a registered server query, regardless of SQL version.
This script is more of how to get the data, and not so much about the data returned by my choice of columns.
Tested on 2008+
2015-08-28 (first published: 2015-08-07)
1,417 reads
Retrieving XML data to Table from dm_os_ring_buffers
Retrieving XML data to Table from dm_os_ring_buffers for better readable purpose
2015-08-27 (first published: 2015-08-03)
1,003 reads
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The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers