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)
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Scripts
Create MERGE statements with data!
A script to create MERGE statements with data for specific tables.
2015-09-03 (first published: 2014-05-19)
5,201 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)
17,223 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)
994 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)
1,367 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)
995 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)
1,749 reads
Cleanup Older than 30 days of Files & Folder through SQL Job
Using Powershell, Cleanup Older than 30 days of Files & Folder through SQL Job
2015-08-24 (first published: 2015-08-04)
2,621 reads
Query to Delete all Folders, Sub-Folders and Files located in a Path
A script to help you cleanup Files/Folders & Sub-folders.
2015-08-20 (first published: 2015-07-30)
76 reads
Filestream and FileTable Implementation SQL Server 2012.
In this article, I would like to demonstrate about Filestream and FileTable implementation in SQL Server 2012.
2015-08-19 (first published: 2015-07-24)
1,591 reads
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Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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