2013-03-11 (first published: 2013-02-20)
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Scripts
2013-03-08 (first published: 2009-10-02)
3,406 reads
SQL 2012 Always On Status Report
This script will produce a report on the status of the Always On replication.
2013-03-05 (first published: 2013-02-08)
4,068 reads
Copy Triggers from One DB to Another
A simple script that transfers triggers from one database to another.
2013-03-04 (first published: 2013-02-12)
4,045 reads
2013-02-28 (first published: 2013-02-12)
1,151 reads
ERRORFILE and MAXERRORS option with BULK INSERT
ERRORFILE and MAXERRORS option are rarely used important arguments in BULK INSERT so, I will try to highlight the use of these arguments in this script.
2013-02-27 (first published: 2013-02-14)
6,117 reads
Powershell - Query SQL Servers Operating system details
The script works through the CMS you have set up to manage your environment and gathers various server information.
2013-02-26 (first published: 2013-02-05)
1,672 reads
List Jobs and their respective programming.
List all active Jobs in SQL Server with the details of the schedule.
2013-02-25 (first published: 2013-02-07)
1,310 reads
2013-02-22 (first published: 2013-02-05)
1,792 reads
Script to Rebuild/Reorganise Indexes
A script to get the fragmentation of indexes in a database and then rebuild or reorganise accordingly
2013-02-19 (first published: 2013-01-29)
2,134 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers