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Improved Move indexes to new file group

This is an improved and expanded version of the previously posted script that moves indexes to a new file group. This version will:1. Create new filegrup and files for indexes2. Script out and recreate indexes on new drive3. NEW* output report to text file4. NEW* Will run with enclosed wrapper for ALL DATABASES ON THE […]

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2006-03-22 (first published: )

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Script all indexes as CREATE INDEX statements

this script will generate CREATE index statements for all indexes in the database;there are already scripts out there that script constraints for primary keys and unique constraints, which automatically create an index behind the scenes. but what about the other indexes?uncomment two statements in order to filter out primary keys and Unique indexes so you […]

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2006-03-17 (first published: )

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Business Time in Seconds Function

SQL Function to calculate number of business seconds between 2 datetime fields. Input Parameters: @startdate - Start Time (datatype DateTime) @enddate - End Time (datatype DateTime) @starthour - Start of Business Day (datatype DateTime) (Format: '1900-01-01 9:00:00') @endhour - End of Business Day (datatype DateTime) (Format: '1900-01-01 17:00:00') @workdays - Business Day string - Use […]

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2006-03-15 (first published: )

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User Defined Function for Padding Numbers

This scalar udf takes three parameters @Number INT, @Length INT, @Position CHAR(1) and returns a VARCHAR(50) string which pads @Number with zeros to the specified @Length either to the right or to the left, according to @Position ('L' or 'R').E.g. SELECT dbo.udf_PadNumber(5, 6, 'L') returns '000005' whereas SELECT dbo.udf_PadNumber(5, 6, 'R') returns '500000'. The function […]

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2006-03-13 (first published: )

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Another Script to Generate a DataDictionary

Based on Ramesh Kondaparthy's script (Script to Generate DataDictionary for Database, posted 8/5/2005), I made a few format changes and included a few more columns.I modified Ramesh's script so that I could copy the result and paste it into Word as the beginning of a Data Dictionary document. (Hint: Once you've pasted the result into […]

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2006-03-01 (first published: )

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Create property methods for fields using query

Probably, many of you know this trick, but I thought it might be useful to people who doesn't know it. This script, when run in query analyzer with text output selected, simply creates property methods code. This example is written for creating property methods for c#. But you can modify it for any language. The […]

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2006-02-28 (first published: )

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Question of the Day

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?

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