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)
4,459 reads
Scripts
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)
5,036 reads
2015-09-10 (first published: 2014-05-08)
4,872 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)
4,809 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)
5,212 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)
17,238 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)
1,000 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)
1,374 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)
996 reads
Generate Login Script(2008R2 And Older)
Generate Script from Logins of Sql Server to recreate in another instance
2015-08-25 (first published: 2015-08-10)
1,754 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
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