Modify All Database Data and Logfile Names
This script modifies all dtabase .mdf and .ldf to have a standardized name of DatabaseName_Data and DatabaseName_Log.
2011-08-08 (first published: 2011-07-28)
952 reads
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2011-08-05 (first published: 2011-07-23)
2,239 reads
2011-08-04 (first published: 2011-07-25)
3,211 reads
SQL Server Security Extract (Reverse Engineer) for ALL Databases
These scripts will extract security for Windows Logins, Database Users, Roles, Objects and SQL Logins.
2011-08-03 (first published: 2011-07-28)
2,189 reads
2011-08-02 (first published: 2011-07-28)
3,027 reads
2011-08-01 (first published: 2011-07-28)
3,189 reads
Changing Primary key names to standard naming convention across the DB
This script will rename the Primary keys to standard notation - PK_TableName
2011-07-29 (first published: 2010-02-09)
1,693 reads
A simple SysProcess query
A quick and simple SysProcess query which will display most of the common parameters of interest.
2011-07-28 (first published: 2011-07-23)
1,387 reads
Verify SQL Server Login and Login Settings
Verifies that a specified login name exists and has correct settings.
2011-07-27 (first published: 2011-07-11)
1,735 reads
Script to get Server Info
This script will gather a number of Server Information items that are useful in baselining a SQL Server.
2011-07-25 (first published: 2010-01-19)
7,381 reads
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers