SQL 2005 IndexDefrag solution
Manual SP to Index Defrag a SQL 2000 database on SQL 2005 that run at spesific times at night
2013-12-17 (first published: 2008-05-07)
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Scripts
Scripting SQL jobs using PowerShell
Using powershell to create different sql scripts in different files.
2013-12-13 (first published: 2012-04-19)
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How we can move the login which has Sysadmin role.
We are using sp_help_revlogin to make login script, but it doesn't enable the login which has sysadmin role. It is very common problem during server migration. We use the this technique to solve the issue.
2013-12-09 (first published: 2013-11-29)
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2013-12-06 (first published: 2011-01-31)
4,825 reads
Find all Job Relationships with SSIS Config files
Find all Job Parent/Child Relationships and related DTSConfig file locations for each step.
2013-12-05 (first published: 2011-03-02)
1,746 reads
2013-12-02 (first published: 2013-11-18)
1,750 reads
Create Mirror Alerts for All Mirrored Databases
Creates Mirror State-Change Alerts for ALL mirrored databases on a server - can save hours when setting up multiple mirrored instances
2013-11-29 (first published: 2010-11-23)
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2013-11-25 (first published: 2013-11-15)
2,218 reads
Split and concatenate function
Function for splitting the values in string, applying logic and concatenating back to string.
2013-11-21 (first published: 2013-11-11)
3,128 reads
Powershell script to interactively move cluster resources
Powershell code to interactively move cluster resources between nodes. Intended for Windows 2012 and SQL 2012.
2013-11-19 (first published: 2013-11-04)
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Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers