2014-04-17 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Scripts
2014-04-14 (first published: 2014-03-18)
6,990 reads
Get the Column level difference for 2 database
The query will help to get the column level difference for 2 database(Like Prod and Dev database). This help us to verify what are the column changes has been done in dev environment after Prod deployment.
2014-04-10 (first published: 2014-03-11)
1,059 reads
Find dependencies between field and sp/function
This script shows the stored procedures and functions affected by field name change in a table.
2014-04-09 (first published: 2014-03-18)
1,063 reads
Identify Column Data Types
Use the following queries to list a result set of all column data types to any specified database. In the 2nd query, you will see a result set based on all text based data type columns in your database (XML data type not included). Modify accordingly.
2014-04-07 (first published: 2014-03-12)
1,693 reads
2014-04-03 (first published: 2014-03-12)
1,195 reads
Get the all user and their server role
The script give you the list of all users and their respective Server roles
2014-04-02 (first published: 2014-03-11)
1,573 reads
2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-03)
1,244 reads
DBCC,Backup, Verify and create Agent Job to restore
Script to Automatically Backup, Drop and create Agent Job to restore from that backup.
2014-03-25 (first published: 2014-03-03)
1,073 reads
Using Seqence Container instead of Identity
This script is an example of how to use Sequence, similar to Identity.
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,358 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