List instances hosting similarly named databases
Lists instances, aliased linked servers, and databases pattern matched on the linked server and database names
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-06)
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Scripts
2016-06-02 (first published: 2016-05-10)
968 reads
Translate function for SQL Server
Relational database management systems such as Oracle, Postgres, DB2 and Teradata, as well as other programming languages such as Python, Hive, XSLT and SAS have a Translate function. Now we have one for SQL Server.
2016-06-01 (first published: 2016-05-12)
1,068 reads
Testing all Linked Servers in all SQL SERVER servers with Powershell
This Script shows how to use powershell to test all linked servers in all SQL SERVER servers. previously registered in a txt.
2016-05-27 (first published: 2009-04-01)
3,386 reads
2016-05-25 (first published: 2014-03-06)
2,227 reads
Generate script to rebuild indexes in a database
Generate script for reconstgruir ena database indexes
2016-05-23 (first published: 2014-03-20)
2,636 reads
Split string using multiple delimiters
This script is used to split the string using multiple delimiters
2016-05-18 (first published: 2014-10-09)
6,044 reads
2016-05-17 (first published: 2014-08-25)
2,562 reads
2016-05-16 (first published: 2012-10-17)
5,571 reads
Compare two tables for structure and layout
Compare the structure/layout of two tables within an instance of SQL Server (version 2012) and return non-matches.
2016-05-13 (first published: 2014-04-23)
2,931 reads
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Question of the Day
An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers