Run SQL/T-SQL scripts on folder
What to do when you have several sql scripts to run in your DB? Put all in a folder and use this...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Scripts
End to End Server Disk Space reporting within SQL Server
This procedure using OLE object calls to obtain server disk space values and writes them to a table. It then creates an HTML report based on the contents of the table and then , via a SQL Agent job, sends out colour coded emails relating to how much drive space is left... this is very handy!!!!
2016-03-16 (first published: 2016-02-25)
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Part 1 -- Restore a database to another instance...
A great script that I wrote some time ago to allow the last database backup to be restored across a linked server to another server, after running a remote sproc on the destination to kill off any users on the receiving side.
2016-03-14 (first published: 2016-02-25)
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SQLCMD and Batch File magic
Execute scripts in a folder with a single click using SQLCMD and a batch file.
2017-07-28 (first published: 2015-11-19)
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Universal foreach aka sp_uforeach
This script is a universal foreach stored procedure. You can loop through everything with the help of if.
2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-10)
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Do you regularly run queries and scripts in SSMS?
SQL Server Management Studio is where most SQL scripts and queries are run, and although it does a decent job, it doesn't provide much help storing, sharing and managing the scripts particularly in the context of a team. Red Gate is considering building functionality into SSMS to help its users consume and share queries and scripts. Please help us by completing this short survey to help us define the requirements.
2013-04-12
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Grouped Failover, a 2008R2 version of Availability Groups
One of the new cool features in SQL 2012 is the SQL Server Availability groups. In other words being able to failover a group of databases which are logically connected. i.e. SharePoint databases. Well, it is also possible to do that in SQL 2008 (R2). It’s called a Grouped Failover.
2013-01-24 (first published: 2013-01-16)
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2010-10-04 (first published: 2010-09-29)
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SSRS Expressions Tips and Tricks
Some of the expressions and functions that have come in handy while developing reports in SSRS
2009-12-21
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Tally Table - Character Date Validation
Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied...
2009-12-17
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Blogs
Small Data SF 2024
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Snowflake + Azure blob
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