Finding misconfigurations With One Script checks SQL Server settings that deserve a review, with recommendations tied to workload and evidence.
SQL SERVER – Find Automatically Created Statistics – T-SQL
Ad-hoc queries on a production server left many useless automatically created statistics. Here is a T-SQL script to find them so you can clean them up.
SQL SERVER – Find Row Count in Table – Find Largest Table in Database – Part 2
An improved script to find row count in table for every table and spot the largest table in the database, now with the schema name, thanks to Ameena.
SQL SERVER – Index Levels and Delete Operations – Page Level Observation
When you delete data from a table, does SQL Server reduce its size? A page level look at index levels and delete operations, corrected with Hrvoje’s help.
SQL SERVER – Index Created on View not Used Often – Limitation of the View 3
An Index Created on a view does not always stop queries from reading the base table. Limitation 3 of views, shown with a simple example.
FOR JSON PATH: Choose Whether NULL Properties Appear
FOR JSON PATH omits NULL properties by default. Compare INCLUDE_NULL_VALUES with missing properties and empty strings in a complete output example.
Return Codes: Keep Procedure Status Separate From Data
Return codes carry procedure status separately from application values. This private demonstration compares result sets, captured output and omitted OUTPUT. It also separates an optional no-work request from a genuine raised error.