To check the Backup Status for an SQL Instance
This Script will fetch database backup information from msdb and give the idea about full, diffrential and log backup.
2014-01-10 (first published: 2014-01-04)
1,424 reads
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Total Space Used for all databases per disk
Tells you how much the databases are using the space on disk taking in account the free space at the end of the database.
2014-01-08 (first published: 2012-05-04)
4,010 reads
Generate MERGE statements with Table data
A stored procedure that produces a MERGE statement for a given table containing a VALUES clause for all rows, useful for migrating static data between environments.
2014-01-07 (first published: 2012-03-14)
8,049 reads
View Active Session SQL
This script can be used to view current SQL statements being executed for all or any one SPID.
2014-01-06 (first published: 2012-01-26)
4,331 reads
Advanced Display Table and Column Info
A view that presents Schema, Table, Fields and Data Types, Defaults and First 10 triggers for the table.
2014-01-03 (first published: 2013-12-10)
1,763 reads
List all Usernames, Roles for all the databases.
Generates a list of ALL Users and their database Roles for all Databases (Or for a specific user).
2013-12-30 (first published: 2008-07-24)
45,378 reads
Get all user def table info
Get space for all user defined table information like size and row counts.
2013-12-27 (first published: 2007-08-29)
7,738 reads
Table Information View -- No Cursors!
Row counts and storage space information for all tables in the database. (SQL Server 2005).
2013-12-26 (first published: 2008-03-16)
17,070 reads
Generate C# class code for table
For any supplied table, my proc, usp_TableToClass, generates class code in C#, including fields, properties, getters and setters.
2013-12-24 (first published: 2007-11-06)
12,579 reads
2013-12-19 (first published: 2007-08-27)
20,919 reads
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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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