Determine if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available
This script will determine the SQL Server version and edition in order to find out if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available.
2013-09-25 (first published: 2013-09-10)
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Scripts
Universal foreach aka sp_uforeach
This script is a universal foreach stored procedure. You can loop through everything with the help of if.
2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-10)
1,821 reads
Display Databases with X days without backup
Displays the information of the date of the latest backup that was done back to @daysago. When value is -0 it gives you all the backup information. The script also gives information on databases that never have been backed up.
2013-09-20 (first published: 2013-08-30)
1,588 reads
Primary Keys which are not Clustered Indexes in a database
Recently I was asked to find all the Primary keys that are not clustered Indexes in the database. I constructed the below script which will help us to locate the primary keys in the database which are not clustered index.
2013-09-18 (first published: 2013-09-04)
1,928 reads
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-06)
1,461 reads
2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
669 reads
2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
1,891 reads
Find Foriegn Keys and their details in a database
Use this script to find all the Foriegn Keys and their details in a database
2013-09-11 (first published: 2013-09-02)
1,428 reads
Restore multiple db's to new server with new file locations
Script queries backupset & backupmediafamily tables to get latest backup file, then generates script to restore db using backup file and moves files to new locations.
2013-09-10 (first published: 2013-08-28)
1,360 reads
Kill User Processes Per Database or Server Wide
Kill any user processes per database or for the entire server instance.
2013-09-05 (first published: 2013-08-21)
1,527 reads
Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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