Find tables unused since last SQL Server restart
This script will return tables that haven't had any user activity since the SQL Server Service was last restarted. SQL 2005+
2011-07-22 (first published: 2010-01-28)
5,586 reads
Scripts
Backup or Restore progess
This procedure provides you the progess of the database backup or restore. We can execute the procedure to find the remaining time for completion of the backup or restore.
2011-07-18 (first published: 2010-02-19)
2,371 reads
consolidated script generator for multiple stored procedures
Consolidated script generator for multiple stored procedures (existing and/or newly created) in MS Sql Server 2000/2005/2008 at one go
2011-07-15 (first published: 2011-03-28)
2,069 reads
2011-07-12 (first published: 2011-07-01)
1,138 reads
2011-07-11 (first published: 2011-07-02)
2,103 reads
Get information from tables
Give information in tables such as type size and description of each of the columns
2011-07-08 (first published: 2011-07-06)
1,472 reads
Email Long Running SPID Info
This script will email info about the longest running SPID in an HTML formatted table
2011-07-07 (first published: 2011-06-27)
2,194 reads
Changing Foreign key names to standard naming convention across the DB
Rename the Foreign keys to standard notation - FK_childTable_ParentTable
2011-07-06 (first published: 2010-02-09)
1,174 reads
Date Dimensions in T-SQL using CTE
T-SQL Script for Time Dimension Table Data: Populates Data between two dates for Reporting Solutions.
2011-07-04 (first published: 2010-06-14)
3,825 reads
Backup all Filegroups
A short script to backup all filegroups, for those who utilise filegroups within a database.
2011-06-29 (first published: 2010-07-20)
1,355 reads
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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