2008-10-10 (first published: 2008-07-20)
1,885 reads
Scripts
Demonstration on how to pivot data using temp tables
This script was designed to 'pivot' data that couldnt easily be pivoted in any other way. i used temporary tables to eventually achieve the result i was looking for 🙂
2008-10-10
1,045 reads
One line to drop a (temp) table if it exists
It is very common to want to drop a table, if it exists, before creating it. This script does so, and it works well with temp tables (where the system views are harder to query).
2008-10-06
2,706 reads
Deleting Duplicate batches of rows
All of us have problems with Duplicate rows, here is a simple and efficient way of removing duplicate rows
2008-10-03 (first published: 2008-07-18)
1,681 reads
DDL Triggers Implementation
How to use DDL triggers and Query the Data with minimum performance impact.
2008-10-02
1,823 reads
2008-09-30 (first published: 2008-07-24)
882 reads
Getting schemas for your tables
A short script you can incorporate into any 2005/2008 code to get the full schema.table.
2008-09-29
658 reads
Script to return Rows count from table using sp_ExecuteSQL
Script to return Rows count from table using sp_ExecuteSQL
2008-09-26 (first published: 2008-07-20)
1,536 reads
Using Triggers for Detective Work
When a value is changed that causes an error, finding what caused the error can be tricky. Here an application was truncating a column. The trigger helped to identify the culprit.
2008-09-25 (first published: 2008-07-17)
1,398 reads
Checking fragmented indexes
A quick script to check for fragmentation in a database and generate a list of defrag statments you can run.
2008-09-24
2,470 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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