Check Used Table Space for User Defined Tables
Query the System Tables to find the space usage, which helps Database Administrators identify the Tables that are using the most space.
2012-07-11 (first published: 2012-07-04)
1,269 reads
Scripts
2012-07-06 (first published: 2012-06-29)
1,001 reads
2012-07-05 (first published: 2012-06-15)
945 reads
Remove comments from the SQL Code
Takes text (varchar(max)) as input and strips out any comments and RETURN the string. Comment is replaced by new-line character.
2012-07-04 (first published: 2009-03-25)
2,601 reads
2012-07-03 (first published: 2012-06-21)
1,380 reads
Make a list of all tables in all data bases with creation date
This scripts allows to store all tables names in all databases for the current server, it stores also the creation date, this script can be runned ins SQL Server 2000 or later
2012-07-02 (first published: 2012-06-25)
1,511 reads
SQL 2005 - List Primary Key Columns
Will list Table Name, Constraint name and Primary Key Column Name.
2012-06-29 (first published: 2008-03-20)
2,496 reads
Logshipping Backup Files Management
Delete Log-shipping Tlog backup files which are already restored onto Secondary Server.
2012-06-28 (first published: 2012-06-06)
710 reads
2012-06-26 (first published: 2012-06-07)
1,462 reads
Script to Search Through all Databases for a Table Name
This script will search the entire server and give the name and schema of the database where the table exists.
2012-06-25 (first published: 2012-06-09)
1,481 reads
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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