Defrag Tables
Over a period of time, because of the inserts, updates and deletes, the data and the index pages can get fragmented. Here's a script that can help to defrag the database:
2001-08-08
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Rahul Sharma
Drop all Connections from a Database
On development servers, at times there is a need for dropping and renaming database(s). These scripts can be used for achieving these tasks. The usp_DropDB script will kill the connections to the database and then drop the database. It takes care of the space in the database name, if any and also makes sure that […]
2001-08-08
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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