Display the SELECT statement for any table
Found this lovely T-SQL script to display the SELECT statement for any table.
2013-08-22 (first published: 2013-08-06)
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Show database size info across an instance
This script shows size information of every database on the instance.
2013-08-21 (first published: 2010-07-26)
5,958 reads
Generate Create View statements for database tables.
Create views based on table definitions for backwards compatibility when relocating tables to a new database.
2013-08-16 (first published: 2013-07-30)
1,121 reads
Execute T-SQL Scripts in Parallel
Transact-SQL does not have a simple method to launch multiple parallel running scripts. This tool will change the game. It requires SQL Server 2005 or above.
2013-08-13 (first published: 2009-08-28)
17,533 reads
usp_tableReference
Use this script to find the Stored Procedures which are referencing the table passed as argument from all databases on the server.
2013-08-12 (first published: 2013-08-02)
1,139 reads
Dynamically Drop a User From Your SQL Instance
Dynamically drop a user from each database on an SQL instance by their server login SID, then remove there server login as well. Plus some helpful printable information when ran.
2013-08-09 (first published: 2013-07-16)
917 reads
Simplest way to search any string in db objects
Easiest way to search for a string in any object within the database.
2013-08-08 (first published: 2013-07-29)
2,316 reads
Display the number of days since last Database backup.
A simple T-SQL script to display the number of days since the last database backup.
2013-08-07 (first published: 2013-07-29)
1,664 reads
2013-07-31 (first published: 2008-07-15)
1,621 reads
2013-07-30 (first published: 2013-06-12)
1,533 reads
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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