Backs up the SQL Server EM registration from the registry. Assumes that EM is configured to save common, not by user/independently. I recommend changing EM to Store locally for all users, (not independently) and create a weekly scheduled job to backup the HKLM..\..\Registered Servers X branch.Configure EM to store settings for the local machine, all […]
2006-06-26 (first published: 2006-06-12)
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For several times i had faced a problem of having “special” users, that need to create and run their own DTSs. I produced this script after implementing all the steps needed to allow normal users to do and run their DTSs.I hope it will be helpful at least for some of you.
2006-06-23 (first published: 2006-06-12)
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In database planning and design it is essential to plan out how much HD space you are going to need to store your data. If you use BOL and do a search for "Estimating Table Size" you get three articles: - Estimating the size of a table - Estimating the size of a table with […]
2006-06-21 (first published: 2006-06-13)
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Move all (or chosen) standard indexes from your primary file group to a secondary file group (hopefully located on a seperate array)excludes clustered indexes, statistics and indexes associated with a primary keywhen you run it - set the debug to 1 to identify what the script will move, set it to 0 to actually perform […]
2006-06-19 (first published: 2005-07-08)
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This procedure will compare the two tables Table1 & Table2 and will display the value which is present in Table1 but not present in Table2.
2006-06-15 (first published: 2006-05-30)
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After replying to a post today I thought I'd share this with all.This is a user defined function that I use to return a table of parameters passed in a parameter string. Function UsageSelect * From dbo.fnParseParamString ([@ParamString='Delimited String of parmaters'],[@Delimeter='Delimiting Character'])Lets say you are concatenating a list of form data from a web page […]
2006-06-13 (first published: 2006-06-07)
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The following T-SQL query batch will show you which tables was changed since last execute. Tracking information: (1) changes row count /insert,update,delete/; (2) changes IDENTITY value; (3) changes physical allocations /used pages/; (4) added new tables; (5) dropped tables. The batch must be initialized before using (at least once executed). I use this batch to […]
2006-06-12 (first published: 2006-06-08)
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I was going through the painfull optimization of the database of creating better clustered indexes (not the default ones on the primary key).This operation was requiring removing all foreign keys to this table and then recreation them again.I created this script to optimize this quite tidious task.
2006-06-08 (first published: 2005-07-22)
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A script to test your database for 2005 readiness.these features are as described by the SQL 2000 BPA, however this script will run on SL 6.5,7,2000Please note that this is not a guarantee of readiness, however it is an indication that there are issues you may have to resolve to run your databases in 2005
2006-06-02 (first published: 2005-07-12)
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You recently published a script showing how to do pagination (e.g. results 20 - 30 of 100) It's also possible to do it quicker and more elegantly without having to resort to building the sql string dynamically (never a good thing IMHO). You pass in 2 parameters, @PageIndex is the first record you want (so […]
2006-05-31 (first published: 2006-05-24)
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I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers