Dynamic Script to Generate Backup Script
Use this script to generate BACKUP DATABASE scripts for selective or all databases during Instance or Database migration.
2014-12-31 (first published: 2014-12-10)
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Scripts
Calculate Energy - Most Advanced UOC
This function is used to calculate the actual unit of conversion for energy.
2014-12-30 (first published: 2014-12-11)
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All OS version info in one function
Always wanted to know the OS details? This function tells you everything (MSSQL 2008R2 and newer version only)
2014-12-29 (first published: 2014-12-06)
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2014-12-25 (first published: 2014-12-04)
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PowerShell Query to remove backup folders against multiple servers
Remove backup folders from multiple servers.
2014-12-23 (first published: 2014-12-09)
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2014-12-22 (first published: 2014-11-23)
1,235 reads
DB memory/RAM consumption
This script is used to get the memory or RAM consumption for the database(s).
2014-12-19 (first published: 2014-11-20)
2,804 reads
2014-12-12 (first published: 2014-11-19)
1,117 reads
dbWarden - Purge old data
helps you manage dbWarden history.
No warranty given it will do what you expect, so test it !
2014-12-11 (first published: 2014-11-19)
1,010 reads
2014-12-08 (first published: 2014-11-18)
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Question of the Day
The Range of Customers
I have this data in the OrderHeader table in a SQL Server 2025 database (ordered by CustomerID ASC):
orderid orderdate customerid complete 3 2025-05-10 00:00:00.0002 1 21 2024-01-10 00:00:00.0003 1 15 2023-10-28 00:00:00.0004 1 13 2025-03-08 00:00:00.0006 1 11 2024-04-02 00:00:00.0007 1If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT * from dbo.OrderHeader where customerid between 3 and '6'See possible answers