Monthly Archives: January 2015

T-SQL script to find the growth size of database files

Posted on January 9, 2015 by vivekjohari

Below query can be used to see the growth size of database files. DECLARE @filename NVARCHAR(1000); DECLARE @bc INT; DECLARE @ec INT; DECLARE @bfn VARCHAR(1000); DECLARE @efn VARCHAR(10); — Get the name of the current default trace SELECT @filename = … Continue reading →

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T-SQL script to find the highly populated tables in database

Posted on January 9, 2015 by vivekjohari

Sometimes we need to check which tables of our database is highly populated. Below is the T-SQL Script which we can use to find out that. SELECT      t.NAME AS TableName,     i.name as indexName,     sum(p.rows) … Continue reading →

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SQL Script to find the last executed commands on the SQl Server

Posted on January 8, 2015 by vivekjohari

Sometimes we needs to find out the last executed commands on the database server.  Below is the SQL script share by one of my friend Ken Watson to find out the last executed queries. SELECT usecounts, cacheobjtype, objtype, text  FROM … Continue reading →

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Script to find the Fragmentation of indexes

Posted on January 4, 2015 by vivekjohari

Script to find the Fragmentation in Indexes In my previous articles, Fragmentation in SQL Server and Rebuild And Reorganization of Indexes , we talk in detail about Index fragmentation and rebuild or reorganize the indexes. Below is the SQL script which we … Continue reading →

Posted in DBA, SQL Advanced, SQL Indexes, SQL Server | Tagged , | 33 Comments

Script to find all the running queries/jobs on the Database Server

Posted on January 4, 2015 by vivekjohari

Below is the query to find out all the Queries and their details like SSID etc. running on the SQL Server from all databases. It helps in finding out which queries/jobs running on the server. It can be helpful in … Continue reading →

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How to pass Microsoft Certification Exams

Posted on January 3, 2015 by vivekjohari

Many times I was asked how to pass Microsoft certifications and how difficult it is. In my point of view, it simple to crack Microsoft certification exams if you have worked hard on basic concepts and implemented most of the … Continue reading →

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