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)
1,827 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)
1,593 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)
1,935 reads
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-06)
1,471 reads
2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
680 reads
2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
1,902 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)
1,430 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)
1,364 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)
1,529 reads
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Never is Not the Policy
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers