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Sometimes we need to find out how many stored procedures contains a given text. Below SQL query can be used to find out the list of all the stored procedures which contains a particular given text as input. SELECT OBJECT_NAME(object_id), OBJECT_DEFINITION(object_id) FROM sys.procedures WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(object_id) LIKE ‘%Given text%’
Continue ReadingBelow is the SQL query which can be used to find out the tables which are created or modified on or from a given date. SELECT [name] as Tablename ,create_date ,modify_date FROM sys.tables where cast(create_date as date)>=’Given date’
Continue ReadingSometimes we need to find out the size of the database on a server. Below SQL Scripts can be used to find out the size of all the databases created on the server. ;WITH DBSize (SqlServerInstanceName, DatabaseName, DatabaseSize, DBLogSize, TotalDBSize) AS ( SELECT @@SERVERNAME SqlServerInstanceName, db.name AS […]
Continue ReadingBelow 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 = CAST(value AS NVARCHAR(1000)) FROM ::fn_trace_getinfo(DEFAULT) WHERE traceid = 1 AND property = 2; — rip […]
Continue ReadingSometimes 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) as RowCounts, sum(a.total_pages) as TotalPages, sum(a.used_pages) as UsedPages, sum(a.data_pages) […]
Continue ReadingSometimes 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 sys.dm_exec_cached_plans CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(plan_handle) WHERE usecounts > 1 ORDER BY usecounts DESC; About Ken He […]
Continue ReadingScript 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 can use to find the Fragmentation in Indexes created on the database. SELECT OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID), index_id,index_type_desc,index_level, […]
Continue ReadingBelow 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 detecting the blocking queries also. USE Master SET NOCOUNT ON SET ANSI_PADDING ON SET […]
Continue ReadingMany 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 questions and scenarios mention in your study books/blogs on your system. 1) Take out the list […]
Continue ReadingMany times my friends ask me which technical sites they should refers for finding the solutions, so below is the list of tech sites which I used to refer most of the times for learning technologies and finding the solutions Mssqltips.com:- I like this site because I find here some very good tutorials in SQL […]
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