Insert Commas Into Number String
Function to take a number as a string and return it with commas separating thousands, millions, etc.
2013-06-07 (first published: 2009-03-31)
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2013-06-06 (first published: 2009-03-16)
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What got restored from where, by who and when
Ever wondered what got restored, who did the restore and where the backup came from that did the restore?
2013-06-04 (first published: 2012-08-23)
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Get Rid of All Those Pesky 1 MB File Growth DB Files
Use sp_MSForeEachDB to set all 1 MB file growth databases to 10%.
2013-05-31 (first published: 2012-11-10)
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Search all stored procedures on all databases
Need to find every stored procedure in any database that references the table FooBar? Here is a quick and easy search to do that.
2013-05-30 (first published: 2013-05-22)
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Find Blocked SQL and Blocked By Information.
This is a stored procedure which can be used to find which processes are been blocked by each other. This Procedure will also provide SQL information associated with the blocked SPID.
2013-05-23 (first published: 2009-06-15)
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To Check for Orphaned Users in a Database
This script is helpful to identify the orphaned users in a database, useful when we restore a database from a different location.
2013-05-22 (first published: 2008-07-20)
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SSIS Synchronize Remote FTP Directory
Get a distinct list of file names from a table into an ArrayList and compare against a remote FTP server. Retrieve only the files that have not already been processed into the database.
2013-05-17 (first published: 2008-09-11)
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Custom Maintenance Plans - the T-SQL way
The non-SSIS/GUI method I use to deploy standardized Database Maintenance Plans.
2013-05-16 (first published: 2009-05-07)
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Generate a random password
If you ever need a quick way to generate random passwords, this is a pretty useful way to do so.
2013-05-15 (first published: 2008-09-24)
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Blogs
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count(-1)What is returned? See possible answers