2013-07-31 (first published: 2008-07-15)
1,611 reads
Scripts
2013-07-30 (first published: 2013-06-12)
1,530 reads
The Ultimate Index Width Stats Reporter
Reports index length stats for indexes who's lengths exceeding parametrized thresholds (defaults to 0 - get all) for total length and seek length, optionally filtering schemas and tables.
2013-07-26 (first published: 2009-01-16)
2,322 reads
2013-07-25 (first published: 2002-03-19)
3,755 reads
Find unused jobs
Job list cluttered?
This script will return a list of jobs that either have not run in X months or where the next schedule run date is older than today.
2013-07-24 (first published: 2013-06-25)
1,274 reads
2013-07-22 (first published: 2009-04-30)
3,903 reads
2013-07-19 (first published: 2013-07-01)
660 reads
The Automated DBA: Space Usage Snapshotter (sysadmin; central DB)
Records snapshots of space usage & buffer cache usage stats by partition, index, table, schema, filegroup, & database. Stats incl Reserved, Used, Data, buffer cache for row, lob, & overflow.
2013-07-17 (first published: 2009-05-30)
2,785 reads
Simple and efficient way to split string with seperator
Split a string with separator without looping. Can be efficiently used with joins if necessary.
2013-07-12 (first published: 2013-06-15)
2,433 reads
2013-07-10 (first published: 2013-06-19)
1,640 reads
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In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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