Reindexing for fragmented indexes
Script will give you the list of fragemented indexes.
(For SQL 2005-2008)
2013-06-21 (first published: 2013-05-31)
1,945 reads
Scripts
Restore Script Generator
Create restore script from a SQL Backup file. A must have for your DBA Tool Belt.
2013-06-18 (first published: 2013-05-30)
2,322 reads
Re-Trust Untrusted Foreign Keys and Constraints
This script will attempt to re-trust untrusted foreign keys and will report counts of successes and failures.
2013-06-17 (first published: 2013-05-30)
1,176 reads
How Long Backups Will Take
When you are running a backup or a restore, this script gives you an estimate of completion time.
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-05-30)
1,629 reads
2013-06-13 (first published: 2013-05-30)
3,141 reads
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)
2,446 reads
2013-06-06 (first published: 2009-03-16)
2,655 reads
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)
2,036 reads
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)
1,466 reads
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)
1,753 reads
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers