2013-02-06 (first published: 2012-12-27)
1,845 reads
Scripts
Create and Populate a Date Dimension Table
Creates and populates a date-dimension table suitable for OLTP or data warehouse purposes.
2013-02-04
3,216 reads
Change database compatability level of all databases
Changes the database compatibility level of all databases to the given level.
2013-01-31 (first published: 2013-01-07)
929 reads
List Database Users and their Corresponding Roles
Database Users and their Corresponding Roles and type login.
2013-01-28 (first published: 2013-01-16)
2,105 reads
Grouped Failover, a 2008R2 version of Availability Groups
One of the new cool features in SQL 2012 is the SQL Server Availability groups. In other words being able to failover a group of databases which are logically connected. i.e. SharePoint databases. Well, it is also possible to do that in SQL 2008 (R2). It’s called a Grouped Failover.
2013-01-24 (first published: 2013-01-16)
572 reads
2013-01-18 (first published: 2012-06-21)
1,376 reads
Query Active Directory to Display Login Information
Query Active Directory to get information on user logins.
2013-01-18 (first published: 2011-05-16)
3,864 reads
GetDateInString
This function will return a value of date if found within a string, the date format in the string will vary. If no date is found a null value is returned
2013-01-17 (first published: 2012-12-18)
1,272 reads
Database details for Daily checks
Get database status,file details,free space
in sql 2005 and 2008 sql versions
2013-01-16 (first published: 2012-12-07)
2,523 reads
2008 Index Fragmentation Maintenance
Just a stab at automating index maintainenance in SQL Server 2008
2013-01-11 (first published: 2008-11-07)
2,731 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
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SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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