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Today we will go over very simple script which will list all the tables for all the database.
sp_msforeachdb ’select ”?” AS db, * from [?].sys.tables’
Update: Based on comments received below I have updated this article. Thank you to all the readers. This is good example where something small like this have good participation from readers.
Reference : Pinal Dave (http://www.SQLAuthority.com)

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Every batch (T-SQL, SP etc) when ran creates execution plan which is stored in system for re-use. Due to this reason large number of query plans are stored in system. However, there are plenty of plans which are only used once and have never re-used again. One time ran batch plans wastes memory and resources.
SQL [...]

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Just a day before I received wonderful T-SQL Script from SQL Server Expert Imran Mohammed. What I am really impressed from this script is additional feature of changing recovery mode when SQL Server is enabling and disabling Index. When index are enabled changing SQL Server Recovery mode to simple makes whole operation faster. This stored [...]

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Yesterday I came across following error while enabling fill factor for my database server, when I was trying to write article SQL SERVER – 2008 – 2005 – Rebuild Every Index of All Tables of Database – Rebuild Index with FillFactor.
I ran following T-SQL script and it gave me error.
sp_configure ’show advanced options’, 1
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
sp_configure ‘fill [...]

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Previously I posted SQL SERVER – Find Row Count in Table – Find Largest Table in Database – T-SQL. Today we will look into the same issue but with some additional interesting detail.
We can find the row count using another system SP sp_spaceused. This SP gives additional information regarding disk space reserved on database as [...]

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UPDATE : Updated this query with bug fixed with one more enhancement SERVER – 2008 – 2005 – Find Longest Running Query – TSQL – Part 2.
Recently my company owner asked me to find which query is running longest. It was very interesting that I was not able to find any T-SQL script online which [...]

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I love active participation from my readers. Just a day ago I wrote article about SQL SERVER – Simple Use of Cursor to Print All Stored Procedures of Database. I just received comment from Jerry Hung who have improved on previously written article of generating text of Stored Procedure.
DECLARE @procName VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @getprocName CURSOR
SET @getprocName = CURSOR FOR
SELECT [...]

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SQLAuthority Blog reader YordanGeorgiev has submitted very interesting SP, which uses cursor to generate text of all the Stored Procedure of current Database. This task can be done many ways, however, this is also interesting method.
USE AdventureWorks
GO
DECLARE @procName VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @getprocName CURSOR
SET @getprocName = CURSOR FOR
SELECT s.name
FROM sysobjects s
WHERE type = ‘P’
OPEN @getprocName
FETCH NEXT
FROM @getprocName INTO @procName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = [...]

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SQL Server stores history of all the taken backup forever. History of all the backup is stored in msdb database. Many times older history is no more required. Following Stored Procedure can be executed with parameter which takes days of history to keep. In following example 30 is passed to keep history of month.
USE msdb
GO
DECLARE [...]

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Yesterday I received following questions on blog. Ashish Agarwal asked following question.
Hi Pinal,
Can we refresh a database (like we do by right clicking database node in object explorer and clicking on refresh) thru SQL Query?
If yes, can you please tell me the query?
Thanks,
Ashish Agarwal
Answer to above question is NO. It is not possible to do [...]

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