2013-02-18 (first published: 2013-01-25)
2,773 reads
Scripts
Get Detach or Attach all user databases script
Script to generate script to detach or attach user databases
2013-02-15 (first published: 2013-01-29)
6,030 reads
Reorganize indexes for all tables in all user databases
Script to reorganize all indexes on all tables in user databases
2013-02-14 (first published: 2013-01-31)
3,265 reads
2013-02-13 (first published: 2013-01-25)
2,002 reads
Generate Column Metadata
This utility will generate column and parameter metadata in various useful formats for tables, views, and procedures.
2013-02-12 (first published: 2013-01-18)
758 reads
Tables and rows listing
Simple script which create a list of all the tables and rows of the selected DB.
2013-02-11 (first published: 2012-12-21)
1,175 reads
2013-02-08 (first published: 2012-12-27)
1,535 reads
T-SQL Bulk Insert
T-SQL that allows you to import tab delimited text file into correct table based on file name.
2013-02-07 (first published: 2012-12-27)
2,325 reads
2013-02-06 (first published: 2012-12-27)
1,854 reads
Create and Populate a Date Dimension Table
Creates and populates a date-dimension table suitable for OLTP or data warehouse purposes.
2013-02-04
3,289 reads
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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