Unique Identifier as Clustered index
This script selects clustered indexes containing only a uniqueidentifier column
2013-10-17 (first published: 2013-10-02)
1,234 reads
Scripts
Find the size of all Indexes in a database
This script finds the size of all indexes in a database along with the table and the filegroup on which the index resides.
2013-10-15 (first published: 2013-09-23)
1,885 reads
Find Top 5 expensive Queries from a Write IO perspective
Top 5 expensive Queries from a Write IO perspective
2013-10-03 (first published: 2013-09-09)
2,378 reads
The Ultimate Index Lister (Non-Pivoted)
Lists details for all indexes on one or more tables / schemas, including row count and size. The non-pivot version also gives data type and other details for the columns.
2013-10-02 (first published: 2008-08-01)
3,728 reads
Find Top 5 expensive Queries from a Read IO perspective
The below written query helps us find the most expensive queries from a read IO perspective. The DMV that we have used in this script is sys.dm_exec_query_stats and the function that we have used is sys.dm_exec_sql_text.
2013-09-27 (first published: 2013-09-09)
2,642 reads
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)
927 reads
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)
1,832 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)
1,595 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)
1,947 reads
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-06)
1,475 reads
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