2016-08-11 (first published: 2015-06-12)
3,654 reads
Scripts
2016-08-10 (first published: 2015-05-05)
5,490 reads
Calendar Table Function
This iTVF will produce a calendar table that can be used for complex date manipulation; quickly and effeciently
2016-08-08 (first published: 2014-12-29)
8,544 reads
DynamicDateRangeGenerator
Generates # of dates in before/after current year.
No more hardcoded date ranges.
2016-08-08 (first published: 2016-07-28)
606 reads
Show running queries
Identify the current statement and its line number within a running batch. Includes a link to the execution plan, if available.
2016-08-08 (first published: 2015-03-03)
5,444 reads
Quick SQL Server Configuration Summary Report
This script will detect and display a quick summary of your SQL Server installation.
2016-08-03 (first published: 2015-01-29)
9,490 reads
Report overlapping jobs
This script reports jobs which are running when another job is also running. This could be a reason for performance degradations.
2016-07-29 (first published: 2014-06-21)
2,661 reads
Yet another way to defrag indexes
A script we use in our company, that rebuilds online=on by default, but takes care of special exceptions.
2016-07-28 (first published: 2014-06-06)
2,362 reads
Dynamic Table Name on Select Into
Based upon todays date as suffix and chosen string as prefix, select data from predefined table into dynamically named new table. Script is properly error handled with most common errors
2016-07-27 (first published: 2015-05-04)
2,575 reads
2016-07-26 (first published: 2014-11-20)
2,254 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers