New feature in SQL Server 2012 - Sequence
A new feature in SQL Server 2012 is Sequence. A Sequence object provides functionality similar to Identity.
2012-10-22 (first published: 2012-09-11)
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Scripts
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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Index Defragmentation
Index Defragmentation is one of the most important DBA tasks. This will significantly improve query performance.
2012-10-18 (first published: 2009-11-18)
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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)
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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)
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2012-10-16 (first published: 2012-09-21)
2,553 reads
Restore database with all necessary files
It creates the script for restoring your database with all the backups (full, differential and transaction log) needed.
2012-10-16 (first published: 2007-12-27)
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2012-10-12 (first published: 2012-09-10)
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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)
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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)
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers