Set standard database options
Ensure all your databases have standardised options by running this script weekly.
2011-09-19 (first published: 2007-12-17)
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Scripts
How to Test Connectivity for a Linked Server
Just one way of testing for a linked server based on data within your database.
2011-09-16 (first published: 2007-08-07)
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2011-09-15 (first published: 2011-09-05)
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Locate primary key - foreign key relations
Recently one of my friend was doing some investigation in a new/unknown database and had really hard time locating the primary key – foreign key relations. Like it’s really tough to locate these relations when not enforced at database level in terms of primary key and foreign key constraints. But generally all database developers keep […]
2011-09-14 (first published: 2007-08-15)
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Delete files older than n-days via T-SQL
Delete files on a fileshare leaving behind files not older than n-days.
2011-09-13 (first published: 2008-04-02)
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2011-09-12 (first published: 2011-09-02)
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2011-09-09 (first published: 2007-11-19)
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Script a Database Role
Script one or all roles in a database. Includes users, obect permissions and column permissions.
2011-09-08 (first published: 2008-01-08)
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Generate Scripts to Compare Tables
Generate the scripts that will allow you to compare tables pass/fail.
2011-09-07 (first published: 2007-12-28)
12,118 reads
2011-09-05 (first published: 2007-01-25)
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tip: Compliance Checking for Old Versions
By Steve Jones
A customer recently wanted to know if any of their instances were too old...
Making Legend Order Match Segment Order in a Power BI Stacked Column Chart
A reader of one of my previous posts pointed out that the legend order...
The Only Valid Test of a Backup is a Restore
Please, let me reiterate: The only valid test of a backup is a restore....
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