{"id":576,"date":"2017-11-14T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlnuggets.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2017-11-14T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:26:03","slug":"3-new-open-source-sql-server-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/3-new-open-source-sql-server-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"3 New Open Source SQL Server Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pexels-photo-211122-e1510630408305.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pexels-photo-211122-e1510630408305.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pexels-photo-211122-e1510630408305-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pexels-photo-211122-e1510630408305-768x451.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today I would like to officially unveil 3 new open source SQL Server projects that I have on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ericcobb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub<\/a>!\u00a0 I will have upcoming blog posts that discuss each project in more details, but here is a brief summary of each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ericcobb\/SQL-Server-Metrics-Pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQL Server Metrics Pack<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0A collection of scripts for gathering and persisting metrics (currently just index and file metric) from SQL Server&#8217;s underlying DMO&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ericcobb\/SQL-Server-Permissions-Manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQL Server Permissions Manager<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0A suite of scripts that allows you to take &#8220;snapshots&#8221; of users and permissions across any or all of the databases on your SQL Server.\u00a0 You can then script out user permissions, restore snapshots, clone users, and more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ericcobb\/SQL-Server-Index-Insight-Scripts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQL Server Index Insight Scripts<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0A collection of scripts (OK, currently just 1 script) to use with indexes in SQL Server.\u00a0 This one will really just be a bunch of scripts I use when working with indexes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finally!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has taken me a while to write this post.\u00a0 If you look at the initial commit dates, all 3 of these projects have been on GitHub for a few months.\u00a0 I am both excited and terrified to open these projects up to the public.\u00a0 I have been running the code in these repositories on my servers for quite a while, testing, double checking for problems, trying to fix every bug I could so that I could release a perfect solution.\u00a0 After all, I don&#8217;t want anyone to think my code is <em>BAD<\/em>!\u00a0 But, I finally came to the realization that there is no way that I can account for all of the different configurations or scenarios that are out there in the SQL Server world.\u00a0 As with most open source projects, these are a continuous work in progress.\u00a0 So, with that in mind:<\/p>\n<p><strong>It works on my machine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now it&#8217;s time to make it work on yours.\u00a0 I have no doubt that there are issues with my code.\u00a0 Bugs. 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