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)
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2013-06-13 (first published: 2013-05-30)
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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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Search for an object across multiple databases on a server.
There are other options available like Sql search from Red Gate. Here's a simple script to search for objects(s) containing a particular keyword.
2013-05-21 (first published: 2012-08-23)
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