Show Job Run Snapshot
Show all job history between two dates. This is much easier than trying to navigate the job history log file viewer.
2012-10-19 (first published: 2012-09-17)
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Scripts
Read large C2 Audit Mode trace files
Here's a set of scripts that allow you to save pertinent information from SQL Server Profiler trace files.
2012-10-18 (first published: 2012-09-20)
619 reads
Port check for SQL Server connectivity
Generates a script to check connectivity between a list of SQL Server instances on a specified port.
2012-10-17 (first published: 2012-08-09)
2,109 reads
2012-10-16 (first published: 2012-09-21)
2,560 reads
2012-10-12 (first published: 2012-09-10)
1,803 reads
Job Summary
This script lists the name, running and success status, last executed/currently executing step name, Average and Last duration, next run time and other related information about Jobs.
2012-10-10 (first published: 2011-11-02)
2,116 reads
Tables, Queues, and Indices as a Percent of DB Size
Two views that give you a variety of stats, sortable as a percent of DB size, for tables, indiceses, XML indices, and Service Broker Queues.
2012-10-09 (first published: 2008-06-16)
3,084 reads
Get a range of numbers
If you need to get a range sequence of numbers this script can help you to acomplish it. For example : the sequency of numbers between -5 and 5 or 1 and 200, etc..
2012-10-05 (first published: 2012-04-23)
1,502 reads
2012-10-04 (first published: 2012-04-10)
2,032 reads
Find Primary Column of all tables in database
This code helps in finding Primary Keys for all tables in a database.
2012-10-02 (first published: 2012-09-04)
1,441 reads
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Escaping Strings
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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