2014-11-06 (first published: 2014-09-02)
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Scripts
2014-11-04 (first published: 2014-10-06)
1,375 reads
2014-10-29
1,186 reads
Extract SQL Server Key details
Extract SQL Server Name, Instance Name, Service Account details, startMode and ServiceState details with Powershell.
2014-10-27 (first published: 2014-10-13)
6,125 reads
Retrieve instance-wide index level fill factor information
This script retrieves all fill factor information for all indexes (clustered and non) when it is not set to 0 or 100
2014-10-24 (first published: 2014-10-14)
633 reads
2014-10-16 (first published: 2014-09-11)
1,227 reads
AAG DB State Monitoring
This script is to help monitor the AAG DB synchronization status. It sends an HTML formatted email if Synchronization status is not "Synchronized" or "Synchronizing"
2014-10-14 (first published: 2014-09-09)
961 reads
move tempdb
For maximum performance, tempdb should be placed on a seperate disk. This script does all the work for you, except the restart!
2014-10-13 (first published: 2014-09-09)
1,504 reads
All datatypes basics in SQL Server 2008R2.
What is completed datatypes in sqlserver and how it works in Real time.
2014-10-10 (first published: 2014-09-06)
1,484 reads
Find only characters or only integer from alphanumeric value
Extract only integers or characters from alphanumeric :
2014-10-07 (first published: 2014-09-05)
1,531 reads
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers