Database and Disk Size - PowerShell Script
Every time we do a capacity analysis we need to analyse the database size (free and used) and the disk...
2012-08-14
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Drive Size - PowerShell Script
The below script is used to find the disk size for a set of servers,
## Script to Find List of...
2012-08-14
2,005 reads
Troubleshooting Performance - Top CPU Queries
Today I came accross white paper "Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server" by Sunil Agarwal, Boris Baryshnikov, Tom Davidson, Keith...
2012-08-14
1,234 reads
Find AD user detail - PowerShell Script
I developed the below script to find the details of a AD user and the AD groups he is associated...
2012-08-13
7,914 reads
Find Members of AD Group - PowerShell Script
This is one of the powershell script I have been using quite regularly from the day I developed. Most of SQL...
2012-08-13
2,161 reads
Forcing network protocol to connect SQL server
Whenever there is a network issue or a SQL server browser issue we might need to connect SQL server in different...
2012-08-09
1,242 reads
Service pack Native Client, SQL XML4 and VSSWriter failed
One of my client accidentally executed a 32 bit service pack on a 64 bit SQL Server, the service Pack...
2012-08-09
1,541 reads
SSIS: Transfer SQL Server Object using SMO
we often face a situation to move SQL server object beween servers or databases, when you have constant table list...
2012-08-08
5,575 reads
Blocking in SQL Server by SPID -2 (Orphan distributed transactions)
Blocking in in SQL Server by SPID -2 happens due to Orphan DTC transaction, for instance whenever a data source...
2012-08-06
5,740 reads
Rollback TRUNCATE TABLE statement
Whenever I ask a SQL candidate in an interview the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE TABLE, the first answer I...
2012-08-06
2,433 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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