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Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:17 AM

Using Perfmon with SQL Server – Part Two

Yesterday I posted a header from a script that shows you some links for how to use “Logman”, a Windows command-line utility that can automate your collection of Windows Performance Monitor counters. Towards the bottom, you can see the logman command I
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:12 AM

Store XML Document as Binary, Read as XML

I had an interesting question the other day, so I thought I would share both the question and the answer. We had an older application that had stored an XML document in a table as a binary data type column. I know, I know – we’ve had an XML data type
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:13 AM

Templates for New Query Window

When I’m in SQL Server Management Studio and I click the “New Query” button, my Query Window comes up like this: /* <ScriptFileName, SYSNAME, ScriptFileName>.sql Purpose: <Purpose, SYSNAME, Purpose> Author: <Author, SYSNAME, Buck Woody>
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:27 AM

T-SQL Prettifiers

OK, I don't think that's even a word, but the synonyms (can a non-word have a synonym?) are code beautifiers, sql formatters, etc. The basic idea is that it's a program that re-formats the text in a Transact-SQL statement using a standard set of rules.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:45 AM

The Importance of a Test System

Most of us have three environments in our organizations: Development, Staging, and Production. But I don't count Staging as a test system. Sure, I use it to do an integration test for code before it goes to the users, but that's not the only kind of testing
Posted by Buck Woody | 3 Comments
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:06 AM

Commenting your Code

You should always add descriptive comments to any code that will live longer than a single event. It's useful not only for the other unfortunate souls blessed with your code, but for yourself, years later, when you say "what was I thinking here?"
Posted by Buck Woody | 7 Comments
Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:27 AM

PowerShell and SQL Server: Script all Tables

This is a script that I found/put together/re-arranged that will script out all of the tables from a database - in this case, Adventureworks2008. You need to change the BWOODY1 part to the name of your server, and the SQL2K8 part to your Instance name.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:16 AM

Use PowerShell to Backup All User Databases

This script will back up all user databases - you need to change the BWOODY1\SQL2K8 part to your server\instance name, and of course, you should only run this on a test system until you completely understand it. Unfortunately, the SQL Server PowerShell
Posted by Buck Woody | 4 Comments
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:42 AM

Read the SQL Server Error Log with PowerShell

This script uses a native client call, so you can use it on any machine that has PowerShell installed along with the SQL Server client software. As always, only run this script on a test system until you understand what it does, and of course you'll need
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:25 AM

A Template for Setting and Reading Extended Properties

In the SQLCMS project, I show an example of some "base tables" that you can create for the system. Whenever I create a database, or database object, I make use of a feature that's been around for quite awhile - Extended Properties. You can set and read
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:52 AM

Who is Active - a replacement for sp_who2

Most every DBA I know uses sp_who2, an undocumented stored procedure that shows locking, blocking, who is on, what they are doing and so on. At TechEd on Monday (I could only go for one day this time) I met up with my friend Adam Mechanic - a SQL Server
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:47 AM

T-SQL to Find Physical and Logical Processors

I ran into a licensing question the other day on Physical versus Logical Processors. Happily, Microsoft only charges you for Physical sockets - which you can find with this query: SELECT cpu_count / hyperthread_ratio AS PhysicalCPUs FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info
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Monday, April 27, 2009 6:50 AM

Quickly Locate Text in a Query Window in SSMS

Wow - long title.   Anyway, my good friend Bill Ramos and I were chatting just the other day. He's a the guy at Microsoft that took my old responsibilities for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and we were swapping tips and tricks. He showed me
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Monday, April 20, 2009 7:54 AM

Listing the Central Management Servers Programmatically

I don't normally advocate hitting the system tables in any database with direct queries, preferring instead to use views or functions that the vendor provides. But so far I haven't been able to find the view or function that would return the list of servers
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Monday, April 13, 2009 8:57 AM

Run a SQL Server Command from PowerShell without the SQL Server Provider

Some folks don't have SQL Server 2008 installed - shame on you! If you're in that sad state, you can still run a query against a SQL Server. You will still need the client connection software installed on your system - you'll have that with any 2005 edition
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