Assuming you use a decent naming convention in your database, it’s sometimes useful to be able to find a list of tables with a common column - for example if you want to write a script to clean out all data related to a specific item, referenced by foreign key... [Read More]

I found this great article by Ian Stirk on SQLServerCentral.com, regarding finding queries that are currently executing on SQL Server. The article contains the following VERY useful query: [Read More]

I’d forgotten the syntax for moving an object to a different schema: [Read More]

This is a query I use often to check what active connections exist for a specified database: [Read More]

I needed to create a tool that would do some backing up and restoring of databases as part of a long-running job this week. I had heard it was fairly simple C# code, but I was pleasantly surprised when I realised just HOW simple it is. [Read More]