2014-08-18 (first published: 2014-07-28)
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Scripts
2014-08-15 (first published: 2014-07-16)
1,562 reads
Generate Restore script for multiple databases
Restore script for moving databases from prod to dev with different path / logical name etc.
2014-08-14 (first published: 2014-05-30)
5,933 reads
Simple script to list out SPID, Program_name and login details
If you have any requirement where you want to find out all the SPIDs running on a database along with the program/application name of the SPID and the login details. You can run the procedure to get the details very easily.
2014-08-12 (first published: 2014-06-30)
4,124 reads
2014-08-11 (first published: 2014-05-28)
1,802 reads
Script to generate the SQL to create a fulltext catalog and its underlying fulltext index
This script was published originally on http://humakhurshid.blog.com/2011/07/14/script_out_fulltext_catalog/
The author has tweaked it little bit to improve it.
2014-08-07 (first published: 2014-07-02)
5,823 reads
Move End of Month file from source to destination
The script below executes on the first of every month and moves files from source to destination location.
2014-07-24 (first published: 2014-06-16)
961 reads
2014-07-23 (first published: 2014-06-17)
1,775 reads
2014-07-22 (first published: 2014-05-16)
2,014 reads
Object dependencies in xml format
Most of the people know about the right-click option 'View Dependencies' in the SQL Management Studio.
It will diplay expandable tree off all dependencies each way. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I couldn't find any other way to save this othere than taking a screenshot of the window.
2014-07-21 (first published: 2014-05-19)
938 reads
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers