Calendar Table by Interval Minutes
Populate a calendar table with user set interval start and end datetime values.
2015-03-24 (first published: 2014-02-21)
2,437 reads
Scripts
Database Mirroring Setup Procedure generator
A script that generates all the commands for installing a new database mirroring between two servers
2015-03-20 (first published: 2015-03-17)
947 reads
Database Mirroring Setup Procedure generator
A script that generates all the commands for installing a new database mirroring between two servers
2015-03-17
167 reads
Fastest way to split delimited string in SQL Server
Getting rid of R-BAR to split a delimited string. This method is popular for it's simplicity, speed and zero reads.
2015-03-17 (first published: 2013-07-29)
4,841 reads
Enable Filestream on Instance and database
Enable Filestream on SQL instance and database with database name.
2015-03-16 (first published: 2013-08-12)
1,668 reads
Add user with DDL Trigger
DDL trigger will add a user to a newly created database and assign db_owner role. It can be modified for what role is required.
2015-03-12 (first published: 2013-08-22)
1,619 reads
Script out/store all indexes on a server
This script will store all index definitions into a table that you can use to "re-create" the indexes at a later date.
2015-03-11 (first published: 2013-08-26)
2,887 reads
2015-03-10 (first published: 2015-02-16)
1,423 reads
List database restore COMPLETION datetime
This script shows the COMPLETION datetime of database restore.
2015-03-06 (first published: 2013-09-04)
1,258 reads
Restore Database with any number of Ndf files
Execute the code after passing database name on which you want to restore and the path where your backup file being located.
e.g exec sp_restoredb N'mydatabase',N'D:\mydatabase.bak'
2015-03-05 (first published: 2013-09-22)
1,894 reads
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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