Function to display integer as binary string
This function converts an integer to its binary representation. e.g. 15 is converted to '00001111'
2015-04-29 (first published: 2014-02-24)
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Scripts
Function to count set bits in a signed integer
This function counts the number of 1's in the binary representation of an integer.
2015-04-28 (first published: 2014-02-24)
994 reads
Extract default & Named Instance from @@servername
Extract default & Named Instance from @@servername.
Print all characters before and after \ to find default and named instance name.
2015-04-27 (first published: 2015-04-15)
1,169 reads
2015-04-24 (first published: 2015-04-15)
1,220 reads
Check existence of a database
Check Status of a database. It will loop through all databases and will print message if the db is present.
2015-04-21 (first published: 2015-04-10)
1,336 reads
READ Data from default Trace
READ Data from default Trace to know when the objects are altered. If no database name is provided, it will run through all the databases.
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-04-08)
1,436 reads
Show Database and Log sizes, free space and location
This script helps to identify which database/log takes most of the disk space and how much is free.
2015-04-15 (first published: 2013-06-18)
3,021 reads
Automate Data Purity Investigation
Sometimes running DBCC CHECKDB WITH DATA_PURITY returns thousands of affected columns. This script automates the identification of those columns.
2015-04-13 (first published: 2013-07-04)
2,453 reads
Find Stored Procedures and Functions That Reference Certain Tables
Find any code objects that interact with a given table/view, or call another given code object.
2015-04-10 (first published: 2013-07-05)
4,648 reads
Parse XML to table
A stored procedure that will parse (shred) the contents of any well-formed XML document into a SQL table.
2015-04-08 (first published: 2013-07-09)
5,248 reads
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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