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		<title>Tidbits I Discovered Today&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve figured out a couple of tidbits today that I wanted to share. First and foremost, I&#8217;ve discovered a (new to me) option in SSMS to convert tabs to spaces. I had previously seen the &#8220;Untabify Selected Lines&#8221; option (under Edit &#8211;> Advanced), but this only seemed to remove the tabs at the beginning of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve figured out a couple of tidbits today that I wanted to share. First and foremost, I&#8217;ve discovered a (new to me) option in SSMS to convert tabs to spaces. I had previously seen the &#8220;Untabify Selected Lines&#8221; option (under Edit &#8211;> Advanced), but this only seemed to remove the tabs at the beginning of the line; it would not remove in-line tabs. I&#8217;ve now found another option that will remove the tabs throughout the selected code. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how you can do it:</p>
<p><strong>Disclaimer: I&#8217;m using SSMS 2008 and have not confirmed this in other versions of SSMS.</strong></p>
<p>From your toolbar, right-click in the empty gray space, or click on the drop-down arrow. Navigate to Customize:</p>
<p><a href="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ssms1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ssms1-300x98.jpg" alt="" title="ssms1" width="300" height="98" /></a></p>
<p>Click on the Commands tab, then navigate down to Edit &#8211;> Convert Tabs to Spaces.<br />
<strong>Note:</strong> if you&#8217;re one of those weirdos who like tabs instead of spaces, you can convert in the other (wrong) direction, too. <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ssms2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ssms2-300x232.jpg" alt="" title="ssms2" width="300" height="232"/></a></p>
<p>Once you have found the option you want, click on it and drag it to your toolbar.</p>
<p><a href="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ssms3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ssms3-300x45.jpg" alt="" title="ssms3" width="300" height="45"/></a><br />
Cool, huh? </p>
<p>Another little thing I ran into today was a mismatch between nullable and non-nullable columns in related tables. I started to perform a manual audit before I said, &#8220;There has to be a faster way.&#8221; And you know what? There was. Here&#8217;s the little script I used:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> c1.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>columnName<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
    , c1.<span style="color: #202020;">is_nullable</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>FactInternetSales_isNullable<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
    , c2.<span style="color: #202020;">is_nullable</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>FactResellerSales_isNullable<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/* replace AdventureWorksDW2008R2 with your database */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> AdventureWorksDW2008R2.<span style="color: #202020;">sys</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> c1 
<span style="color: #808080;">JOIN</span> AdventureWorksDW2008R2.<span style="color: #202020;">sys</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> c2
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> c1.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> c2.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> c1.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'dbo.FactInternetSales'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- replace with your table</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> c2.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'dbo.FactResellerSales'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- replace with your table</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> c1.<span style="color: #202020;">is_nullable</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> c2.<span style="color: #202020;">is_nullable</span>; <span style="color: #008080;">-- find discrepancies</span></pre></div></div>

<p>This returned the following results:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">columnName             FactInternetSales_isNullable FactResellerSales_isNullable
---------------------- ---------------------------- ----------------------------
RevisionNumber         0                            1
OrderQuantity          0                            1
UnitPrice              0                            1
ExtendedAmount         0                            1
UnitPriceDiscountPct   0                            1
DiscountAmount         0                            1
ProductStandardCost    0                            1
TotalProductCost       0                            1
SalesAmount            0                            1
TaxAmt                 0                            1
Freight                0                            1
&nbsp;
(11 row(s) affected)</pre></div></div>

<p>This script isn&#8217;t as polished as my usual, but it&#8217;s really just a quick-and-dirty way of checking for mismatches in NULL properties. </p>
<p>Okay, that&#8217;s all I have for now, my SQL friends. Oh, and if you know any other cool little tidbits, please feel free to share with me. <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>BCP Script Generator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently working on the logic migration of data marts from SQL Server to Teradata. While another team is working on the actual table migration, it&#8217;s still helpful to have some data in the tables for developing against. The easiest method I&#8217;ve found to do this is to use BCP to export some sample data. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently working on the logic migration of data marts from SQL Server to Teradata. While another team is working on the actual table migration, it&#8217;s still helpful to have some data in the tables for developing against. The easiest method I&#8217;ve found to do this is to <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2008/12/bcp-basics/" target="_blank">use BCP</a> to export some sample data. So of course, I&#8217;ve created a SQL script that will generate the BCP code for me. Because that&#8217;s what I like to do on Sunday evenings.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">-- User-defined variables --</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @tableToBCP <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'AdventureWorksDW2008R2.dbo.DimCustomer'</span>
    , @<span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span>          <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- Leave NULL for all rows</span>
    , @Delimiter    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>      <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'|'</span>
    , @Use<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>      <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
    , @OverrideChar <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'~'</span>
    , @MaxDop       <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'1'</span>
    , @Directory    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">256</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'C:\bcp_output\'</span>;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">-- Script-defined variables -- </span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @columnList <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>columnID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">MAX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'BCP &quot;SELECT '</span>
    , @currentID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , @firstID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> @columnList
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> column_id 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableToBCP<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> column_id;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'TOP ('</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">') '</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @firstID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MIN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>columnID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @currentID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MIN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>columnID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @currentID <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> @firstID
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">','</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableToBCP<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> column_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @currentID;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DELETE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> columnID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @currentID;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' FROM '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @tableToBCP 
    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (MAXDOP 1);&quot; queryOut '</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @Directory <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableToBCP, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'_'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.dat -S'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">@@SERVERNAME</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' -T -t&quot;'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @Delimiter <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot; -c -C;'</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @bcpStatement;</pre></div></div>

<p>This will generate a standard BCP script:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">BCP &quot;SELECT CustomerKey,GeographyKey,CustomerAlternateKey,Title,FirstName,MiddleName,
LastName,NameStyle,BirthDate,MaritalStatus,Suffix,Gender,EmailAddress,YearlyIncome,
TotalChildren,NumberChildrenAtHome,EnglishEducation,SpanishEducation,FrenchEducation,
EnglishOccupation,SpanishOccupation,FrenchOccupation,HouseOwnerFlag,NumberCarsOwned,
AddressLine1,AddressLine2,Phone,DateFirstPurchase,CommuteDistance 
FROM AdventureWorksDW2008R2.dbo.DimCustomer WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (MAXDOP 1);&quot; queryOut 
C:\bcp_output\AdventureWorksDW2008R2_dbo_DimCustomer.dat -SSQLFOOL -T -t&quot;|&quot; -c -C;</pre></div></div>

<p>However, I&#8217;ve been running into some issues with the data load. See, the thing&#8230; I&#8217;m finding that some of my tables don&#8217;t&#8230; that is to say&#8230; they may possibly contain&#8230; [whisper]<em>uncleansed data</em>[/whisper]. I know, I know&#8230; this may come as a shock to many of you, and all I ask is that you please don&#8217;t judge me for it. <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>What do I mean by &#8220;uncleansed data?&#8221; I mostly mean user-inputted VARCHAR columns that contain pipes (|), tabs, carriage returns, and line feeds. These types of characters tend to mess with the data import process. Also, I&#8217;ve not yet found a way to import a data file into Teradata where a non-nullable character column contains an empty string (&#8221;). Obviously, the vast majority of the data is fine, but even one of these issues can throw an error during the import process. I&#8217;ve modified the script above to handle these specific exceptions.</p>
<p>Since I&#8217;m only using this data for testing purposes, I found it pretty easy to simply replace the offending records with ~. I&#8217;m not sure if anyone else has a need for this particular script, but I figured you could modify it pretty easily to do whatever you need.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">-- User-defined variables --</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @tableToBCP <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'AdventureWorksDW2008R2.dbo.DimCustomer'</span>
    , @<span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span>          <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- Leave NULL for all rows</span>
    , @Delimiter    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>      <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'|'</span>
    , @Use<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>      <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
    , @OverrideChar <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'~'</span>
    , @MaxDop       <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'1'</span>
    , @Directory    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">256</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'C:\bcp_output\'</span>;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">-- Script-defined variables -- </span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @columnList <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>columnID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">MAX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'BCP &quot;SELECT '</span>
    , @currentID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , @firstID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> @columnList
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> column_id 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableToBCP<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> column_id;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'TOP ('</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">') '</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @firstID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MIN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>columnID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @currentID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MIN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>columnID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @currentID <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> @firstID
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">','</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> 
                            <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> 
                                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> user_type_id <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">231</span>, <span style="color: #000;">167</span>, <span style="color: #000;">175</span>, <span style="color: #000;">239</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
                                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'CASE WHEN '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' = '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">' THEN '</span> 
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> 
                                        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> is_nullable <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'NULL'</span> 
                                        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLICATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@OverrideChar, max_length<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span>
                                      <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WHEN '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' LIKE '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @Delimiter <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span>
                                        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' OR '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' LIKE '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">' + CHAR(9) + '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- tab</span>
                                        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' OR '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' LIKE '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">' + CHAR(10) + '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- line feed</span>
                                        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' OR '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' LIKE '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">' + CHAR(13) + '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'%'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- carriage return</span>
                                        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' THEN '</span> 
                                        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> 
                                            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> is_nullable <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'NULL'</span> 
                                            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLICATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@OverrideChar, max_length<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span>
                                          <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' ELSE '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' END'</span> 
                                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> name 
                            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableToBCP<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> column_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @currentID;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DELETE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @columnList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> columnID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @currentID;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @bcpStatement <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' FROM '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @tableToBCP 
    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (MAXDOP 1);&quot; queryOut '</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @Directory <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableToBCP, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'_'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.dat -S'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">@@SERVERNAME</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' -T -t&quot;'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @Delimiter <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot; -c -C;'</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @bcpStatement;</pre></div></div>

<p>The sample output of this would look like:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">BCP &quot;SELECT CustomerKey,GeographyKey,CASE WHEN CustomerAlternateKey = '' THEN 
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' WHEN CustomerAlternateKey LIKE '%|%' OR 
CustomerAlternateKey LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR CustomerAlternateKey LIKE 
'%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR CustomerAlternateKey LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' 
THEN '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' ELSE CustomerAlternateKey END,
CASE WHEN Title = '' THEN NULL WHEN Title LIKE '%|%' OR Title LIKE '%' + CHAR(9)
 + '%' OR Title LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR Title LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' 
THEN NULL ELSE Title END,CASE WHEN FirstName = '' THEN NULL WHEN FirstName 
LIKE '%|%' OR FirstName LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR FirstName LIKE '%' + 
CHAR(10) + '%' OR FirstName LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE 
FirstName END,CASE WHEN MiddleName = '' THEN NULL WHEN MiddleName LIKE '%|%'
 OR MiddleName LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR MiddleName LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) +
 '%' OR MiddleName LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE MiddleName END,
CASE WHEN LastName = '' THEN NULL WHEN LastName LIKE '%|%' OR LastName LIKE
 '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR LastName LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR LastName LIKE
 '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE LastName END,NameStyle,BirthDate,CASE 
WHEN MaritalStatus = '' THEN NULL WHEN MaritalStatus LIKE '%|%' OR 
MaritalStatus LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR MaritalStatus LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) 
+ '%' OR MaritalStatus LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE MaritalStatus 
END,CASE WHEN Suffix = '' THEN NULL WHEN Suffix LIKE '%|%' OR Suffix LIKE '%' 
+ CHAR(9) + '%' OR Suffix LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR Suffix LIKE '%' + 
CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE Suffix END,CASE WHEN Gender = '' THEN NULL 
WHEN Gender LIKE '%|%' OR Gender LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR Gender LIKE '%' 
+ CHAR(10) + '%' OR Gender LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE Gender 
END,CASE WHEN EmailAddress = '' THEN NULL WHEN EmailAddress LIKE '%|%' OR 
EmailAddress LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR EmailAddress LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + 
'%' OR EmailAddress LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE EmailAddress END,
YearlyIncome,TotalChildren,NumberChildrenAtHome, CASE WHEN EnglishEducation = '' 
THEN NULL WHEN EnglishEducation LIKE '%|%' OR 
EnglishEducation LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR EnglishEducation LIKE '%' + 
CHAR(10) + '%' OR EnglishEducation LIKE '%' 
+ CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE EnglishEducation END,CASE WHEN 
SpanishEducation = '' THEN NULL WHEN SpanishEducation LIKE '%|%' OR 
SpanishEducation LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR SpanishEducation LIKE '%' + 
CHAR(10) + '%' OR SpanishEducation LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL 
ELSE SpanishEducation END,CASE WHEN FrenchEducation = '' THEN NULL WHEN 
FrenchEducation LIKE '%|%' OR FrenchEducation LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' 
OR FrenchEducation LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR FrenchEducation LIKE '%' 
+ CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE FrenchEducation END,CASE WHEN 
EnglishOccupation = '' THEN NULL WHEN EnglishOccupation LIKE '%|%' OR 
EnglishOccupation LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR EnglishOccupation LIKE '%' 
+ CHAR(10) + '%' OR EnglishOccupation LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN 
NULL ELSE EnglishOccupation END,CASE WHEN SpanishOccupation = '' THEN 
NULL WHEN SpanishOccupation LIKE '%|%' OR SpanishOccupation LIKE '%' 
+ CHAR(9) + '%' OR SpanishOccupation LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR 
SpanishOccupation LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE SpanishOccupation 
END,CASE WHEN FrenchOccupation = '' THEN NULL WHEN FrenchOccupation LIKE 
'%|%' OR FrenchOccupation LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR FrenchOccupation 
LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR FrenchOccupation LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' 
THEN NULL ELSE FrenchOccupation END,CASE WHEN HouseOwnerFlag = '' THEN 
NULL WHEN HouseOwnerFlag LIKE '%|%' OR HouseOwnerFlag LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) 
+ '%' OR HouseOwnerFlag LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR HouseOwnerFlag LIKE 
'%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE HouseOwnerFlag END,NumberCarsOwned,CASE 
WHEN AddressLine1 = '' THEN NULL WHEN AddressLine1 LIKE '%|%' OR AddressLine1 
LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR AddressLine1 LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR 
AddressLine1 LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE AddressLine1 END,CASE 
WHEN AddressLine2 = '' THEN NULL WHEN AddressLine2 LIKE '%|%' OR AddressLine2 
LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) + '%' OR AddressLine2 LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR 
AddressLine2 LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE AddressLine2 END,CASE 
WHEN Phone = '' THEN NULL WHEN Phone LIKE '%|%' OR Phone LIKE '%' + CHAR(9) 
+ '%' OR Phone LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR Phone LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' 
THEN NULL ELSE Phone END,DateFirstPurchase,CASE WHEN CommuteDistance = '' 
THEN NULL WHEN CommuteDistance LIKE '%|%' OR CommuteDistance LIKE '%' + 
CHAR(9) + '%' OR CommuteDistance LIKE '%' + CHAR(10) + '%' OR CommuteDistance 
LIKE '%' + CHAR(13) + '%' THEN NULL ELSE CommuteDistance END 
FROM AdventureWorksDW2008R2.dbo.DimCustomer WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (MAXDOP 1);&quot; queryOut 
C:\bcp_output\AdventureWorksDW2008R2_dbo_DimCustomer.dat -SSQLFOOL -T -t&quot;|&quot; -c -C;</pre></div></div>

<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but that would take me a bit longer to write manually than to execute the script above. <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>One note: I&#8217;ve found that copying this code into a batch file will actually render the CHAR functions, i.e. CHAR(13) will be replaced with a carriage return in the script. To avoid this, copy and paste the BCP script directly into your command window. </p>
<p>Not familiar with BCP? Refer to my blog post on <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2008/12/bcp-basics/" target="_blank">BCP Basics</a> to help get you started.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my post last week, How To Estimate Data Utilization, I said that it may be my last post for a while. Well&#8230; apparently I lied. For those of you who use table partitioning, you know that you need to define a partitioning scheme and function prior to applying partitioning to an index. Personally, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my post last week, <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2011/10/how-to-estimate-data-utilization/" target="_blank">How To Estimate Data Utilization</a>, I said that it may be my last post for a while.  Well&#8230; apparently I lied.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For those of you who use <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2008/11/102/" target="_blank">table partitioning</a>, you know that you need to define a partitioning scheme and function prior to applying partitioning to an index.  Personally, I tend to build the function for a couple of years out, and I tend to create them through the end of a calendar year.  Now, if I failed to expand a partition range at the end of the year, then come January 1st, all of my data would be written to the same partition.  Not the end of the world, no, but it causes all kinds of nasty performance and maintenance issues.  Thus, as part of my end-of-year / maternity-leave preparations, I&#8217;m in the process of examining all partitioned functions to identify those that need to have their partition ranges expanded. For those interested, here&#8217;s the script I used:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb..#Results'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #Results;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #Results
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      databaseName  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , schemaName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , functionName  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , data_space_id <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , maxRangeValue <span style="color: #0000FF;">SQL_VARIANT</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab results for each database and store in our temp table.  
   And no, I don't *need* to select from sys.indexes and perform 
   left joins, but I'm overly cautious and want to make sure 
   I'm not accidentally missing any databases. :) */</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">--EXECUTE master.dbo.sp_msforeachdb</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> sp_foreachdb <span style="color: #FF0000;">'USE ?;
INSERT INTO #Results
SELECT DB_NAME() AS databaseName
    , sps.name AS schemaName
    , spf.name AS functionName
    , sps.data_space_id 
    , MAX(prv.value) AS maxRangeValue
FROM sys.indexes AS i
LEFT JOIN sys.partition_schemes AS sps WITH (NOLOCK)
    ON i.data_space_id = sps.data_space_id
LEFT JOIN sys.partition_functions AS spf WITH (NOLOCK)
    ON sps.function_id = spf.function_id
LEFT JOIN sys.partition_range_values AS prv WITH (NOLOCK)
    ON spf.function_id = prv.function_id
GROUP BY sps.name
    , spf.name
    , sps.data_space_id;'</span>;
<span style="color: #008080;">/*  
    sp_foreachdb was written by SQL MVP Aaron Bertrand and can be downloaded 
    at http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2201/making-a-more-reliable-and-flexible-spmsforeachdb/
    Alternatively, you can also use sys.sp_MSforeachdb
*/</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Make sure we're not missing any major databases */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseName <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #Results<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve our results */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #Results
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> schemaName <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> maxRangeValue;</pre></div></div>

<p>Example Results:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">databaseName        schemaName                      functionName                          data_space_id   maxRangeValue
------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------- --------------- -------------------------
HistoricalMart      dailyRangeDate_ps               dailyRangeDate_pf                     65609           2011-12-31 00:00:00.000
AdventureWorks      yearlyRangeSmallDateTime_ps     yearlyRangeSmallDateTime_pf           65605           2012-01-01 00:00:00.000
dbaTools            monthlyRangeDateTime_ps         monthlyRangeDateTime_pf               65604           2012-12-01 00:00:00.000</pre></div></div>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, on a conference call presenting data growth rates and database capacity projections, I had a top-line executive ask, &#8220;But how much of that data are we actually using today?&#8221; The question was met with silence; unless you have rigorous auditing in place &#8212; and kudos to you if you do &#8212; it&#8217;s a difficult [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently, on a conference call presenting data growth rates and database capacity projections, I had a top-line executive ask, &#8220;But how much of that data are we actually <em>using</em> today?&#8221;  The question was met with silence; unless you have rigorous auditing in place &#8212; and kudos to you if you do &#8212; it&#8217;s a difficult question to answer.  But it begs the question, is there some way to gleam this information from SQL Server?  I think the answer is &#8220;yes,&#8221; if you make some assumptions and understand what you&#8217;re looking at.  </p>
<p>SQL Server collects stats about every time an index is used and how it is used (i.e. whether a user seeked or scanned the index, etc.).  It also provides a DMV to view these stats: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188755.aspx" target="_blank">sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats</a>.</p>
<p>This DMV provides a wealth of great information, but to answer our question of &#8220;What data is actually being used?&#8221;, we have to refine our criteria.  Are we talking in terms of table counts or data size?  I&#8217;d argue that data size is more important than table counts; one unqueried millow-row table is more wasteful than a hundred ten-row tables.  </p>
<p>Also, are we looking at indexes or content?  From a database perspective, I&#8217;m more interested in indexes: how much space are we wasting on unused indexes?  To identify this, I need to look at the activity on each individual index.</p>
<p>From a business perspective, I would be more interested in content (i.e. tables): how much business information is being stored that no one is even looking at?  To answer this question, I need to roll up all index usage to see if *any* of the indexes on a table were used.  Since both were of interest to me, I decided to write queries to answer both questions.  </p>
<p>Lastly, we need to understand the flaws with this data.  Chiefly, I cannot tell whether a user requested one row from a million-row table, or if [s]he needed all of the data in the table.  This is a pretty important issue, especially with large historical data stores, and it&#8217;s where I have to make the biggest assumption: if even one person looked at one row in the table, I count all pages in the table as having been accessed.  </p>
<p>Now, you may make different decisions than I did above, and that&#8217;s fine&#8230; each environment and project has different needs.  But these assumptions are very important to understanding the output of the query below:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">USE</span> master;
GO
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* 
    This will give you an approximation of how much data is being utilized on a server.
    Since the data is only valid as of the last server reboot, we should start off with
    an idea of how much data we've accrued.  
*/</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Find out when the server was last rebooted */</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">-- 2008</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> sqlserver_start_time <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_os_sys_info</span>;
<span style="color: #008080;">-- 2005</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> create_date <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span>;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Create a temporary table to hold our data, since we're going to iterate through databases */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb..#Results'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #Results;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #Results
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      databaseName  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , tableName     <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , indexID       <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , records       <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
    , activity      <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
    , totalPages    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/*  
    sp_foreachdb was written by SQL MVP Aaron Bertrand and can be downloaded 
    at http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2201/making-a-more-reliable-and-flexible-spmsforeachdb/
    Alternatively, you can also use sys.sp_MSforeachdb
*/</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">--EXECUTE master.dbo.sp_foreachdb</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">sp_MSforeachdb</span>
<span style="color: #FF0000;">'   USE ?; 
&nbsp;
    -- You can gleam a lot of information about historical data usage from partitions
    -- but for now, we will just roll up any partitions we may have
    WITH myCTE AS
    (
        SELECT p.[object_id] AS objectID
            , p.index_id
            , SUM(p.[rows]) AS records
            , SUM(au.total_pages) AS totalPages
        FROM sys.partitions AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
        JOIN sys.allocation_units AS au WITH (NOLOCK)
            ON p.hobt_id = au.container_id
        GROUP BY p.[object_id] 
            , p.index_id
    )
&nbsp;
    -- Grab all tables and join to our usage stats DMV
    INSERT INTO #Results
    SELECT DB_NAME() AS databaseName
        , t.name
        , x.index_id
        , MAX(x.records) AS records
        , ISNULL(SUM(us.user_lookups + us.user_scans + us.user_seeks), 0) AS activity
        , SUM(x.totalPages) AS totalPages
    FROM sys.tables AS t WITH (NOLOCK)
    JOIN myCTE AS x
        ON t.[object_id] = x.objectID
    LEFT JOIN sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats AS us WITH (NOLOCK)
        ON us.[object_id] = x.objectID
        AND us.index_id = x.index_id
        AND us.database_id = DB_ID()
    GROUP BY t.name
    , x.index_id;'</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Because we're looping through databases, make sure we're not missing any major ones */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseName <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #Results<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve actual % data utilization, which is performed at the index level */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseName
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>queriedPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> TotalQueriedPages
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>totalPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> TotalPages
    , <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>queriedPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>totalPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%DataUtil'</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseName
        , tableName
        , indexID
        , <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- If we have any activity at all on an index, count it as activity</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> activity <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0.0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> totalPages
          <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> queriedPages
        , totalPages
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #Results
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'master'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'msdb'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'model'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> x
<span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> databaseName
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> databaseName;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve % content utilization, which is performed at the table level */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseName
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>queriedPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> TotalQueriedPages
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>totalPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> TotalPages
    , <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>queriedPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>totalPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%ContentUtil'</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseName
        , tableName
        , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MAX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>records<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> records
        , <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>activity<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>totalPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> queriedPages
        , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>totalPages<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> totalPages
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #Results
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'master'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'msdb'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'model'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> databaseName
        , tableName
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> x
<span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> databaseName
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> databaseName;</pre></div></div>

<p>Results:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">databaseName               TotalQueriedPages   TotalPages           %DataUtil
-------------------------- ------------------- -------------------- ----------------------
Database1 		   127618701           130607247            0.969619893356378
Database2 		   567188              1614958              0.351209133612143
Database3 		   34269036            34579469             0.991022620966216
Database4 		   137970594           170733391            0.803399928206158
Database5 		   74632930            101543575            0.66909214627557
Database6 		   55809933            72884205             0.765734157938039
Database7 		   560810026           620609815            0.902175272517656
&nbsp;
databaseName               TotalQueriedPages   TotalPages           %ContentUtil
-------------------------- ------------------- -------------------- ----------------------
Database1 		   127763715           130607247            0.970721679051682
Database2 		   571125              1614958              0.353646967908763
Database3 		   34269036            34579469             0.991022620966216
Database4 		   137970921           170733391            0.803399928206158
Database5 		   96144726            101543575            0.861947682777784
Database6 		   72269666            72884205             0.991568146820268
Database7 		   620525938           620609815            0.998240279711804</pre></div></div>

<p>The first result set examines the utilization of indexes, and the second result set examines the utilization of data at the content (table) level.  For example, if we look at Database6, we&#8217;ll see that we are only utilizing 77% of our indexes, but we&#8217;re looking at 99% of our table data.  So this is a good indicator that we have some unused indexes to clean up in that database.  </p>
<p>Know a better way to answer this question using SQL Server DMV&#8217;s?  Please leave me a comment so I can learn from your experience.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>In unrelated news, this may be my last blog post for a little while.  I&#8217;m due with my second child a week from today and expect all of my free time to be consumed by him for a little while.  That and, quite frankly, I do not trust myself near a computer, especially a database, in such a sleep-deprived state.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Calculate Rows Inserted per Second for All Tables</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2011/07/calculate-rows-inserted-per-second/</link>
		<comments>http://sqlfool.com/2011/07/calculate-rows-inserted-per-second/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever needed to calculate the number of rows inserted every second, for every table in every database on a server? Or, have you ever needed to validate that all processes have stopped writing to tables? These types of questions come up routinely for me. To help with this, I&#8217;ve written the following script, which examines [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever needed to calculate the number of rows inserted every second, for every table in every database on a server?  Or, have you ever needed to validate that all processes have stopped writing to tables?  These types of questions come up routinely for me.  To help with this, I&#8217;ve written the following script, which examines metadata values using sys.partitions.  This method isn&#8217;t as accurate as running SELECT COUNT(*) FROM, but it&#8217;s much faster.  Keep in mind, since it&#8217;s just looking at row counts, it&#8217;s not much help on tables that have a lot of update/delete activity.  But it does what I need it to do, and I use it pretty regularly, so I thought I&#8217;d share in case anyone else can benefit from it too.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Parameters */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @newBaseline <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- change to 0 when you don't want to replace the baseline, i.e. after initial run</span>
  , @delay <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:30'</span>; <span style="color: #008080;">-- change as needed</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @newBaseline <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb..#baseline'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #baseline;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #baseline
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
         database_name  SYSNAME
       , table_name     SYSNAME
       , table_rows     <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
       , captureTime    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb..#current'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #current;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #current
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
     database_name  SYSNAME
   , table_name     SYSNAME
   , table_rows     <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
   , captureTime    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @newBaseline <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> sp_MSforeachdb <span style="color: #FF0000;">'USE ?; 
        INSERT INTO #baseline
        SELECT DB_NAME()
            , o.name As [tableName]
            , SUM(p.[rows]) As [rowCnt]
            , GETDATE() As [captureTime]
        FROM sys.indexes As i
        JOIN sys.partitions As p
            ON i.[object_id] = p.[object_id]
           AND i.index_id  = p.index_id
        JOIN sys.objects As o
            ON i.[object_id] = o.[object_id]
        WHERE i.[type] = 1
        GROUP BY o.name;'</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WAITFOR</span> DELAY @delay;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> sp_MSforeachdb <span style="color: #FF0000;">'USE ?; 
INSERT INTO #current
SELECT DB_NAME()
    , o.name As [tableName]
    , SUM(p.[rows]) As [rowCnt]
    , GETDATE() As [captureTime]
FROM sys.indexes As i
JOIN sys.partitions As p
    ON i.[object_id] = p.[object_id]
   AND i.index_id  = p.index_id
JOIN sys.objects As o
    ON i.[object_id] = o.[object_id]
WHERE i.[type] = 1
GROUP BY o.name;'</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  c.<span style="color: #808080;">*</span>
      , c.<span style="color: #202020;">table_rows</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> b.<span style="color: #202020;">table_rows</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'new_rows'</span>
      , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEDIFF</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">second</span>, b.<span style="color: #202020;">captureTime</span>, c.<span style="color: #202020;">captureTime</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'time_diff'</span>
      , <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>c.<span style="color: #202020;">table_rows</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> b.<span style="color: #202020;">table_rows</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEDIFF</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">second</span>, b.<span style="color: #202020;">captureTime</span>, c.<span style="color: #202020;">captureTime</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'rows_per_sec'</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #baseline <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> b
<span style="color: #808080;">JOIN</span> #current <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> c
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> b.<span style="color: #202020;">table_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> c.<span style="color: #202020;">table_name</span>
   <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> b.<span style="color: #202020;">database_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> c.<span style="color: #202020;">database_name</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> new_rows <span style="color: #0000FF;">DESC</span>;</pre></div></div>

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		<title>Index Defrag Script, v4.1</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2011/06/index-defrag-script-v4-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been quite some time since my last index defrag script update. A big part of the reason for that is because I wanted to implement many of the suggestions I&#8217;ve received, but I just haven&#8217;t had the time. I still have those changes planned, but I&#8217;m not sure quite when I&#8217;ll get to it. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been quite some time since my last index defrag script update.  A big part of the reason for that is because I wanted to implement many of the suggestions I&#8217;ve received, but I just haven&#8217;t had the time.  I still have those changes planned, but I&#8217;m not sure quite when I&#8217;ll get to it.  Rather than continue to wait for a major release, I&#8217;m releasing a small update to my defrag that will take care of the most common complaints I receive.  </p>
<p><strong>Change Log:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix for databases containing spaces or special characters</li>
<li>Support for case-sensitive databases</li>
<li>Re-executable CREATE script (for those who want to re-run the whole script)</li>
<li>Comma-delimited list of databases is now supported for the @database parameter</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Feature List:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Defrag a single database, a list of databases, or all databases (@database)</li>
<li>Time Limitations: stop defragging after the specified amount of time has elapsed (@timeLimit).  Please note, it will not kill a defrag that is currently in process, even if it exceeds the threshold.</li>
<li>Optional stop-and-resume functionality: pick up where your defrag last left off without having to rescan sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats. (@forceRescan) </li>
<li>Defrag scheduling: choose which days to defrag certain indexes, or exclude certain indexes altogether, by using the dbo.dba_indexDefragExclusion table.</li>
<li>Defrag priority: choose whether to defrag indexes in ascending or descending order by range_scan_count (default), fragmentation, or page_count.</li>
<li>Current partition exclusion: choose whether or not to exclude the right-most populated partition from the defrag process, common for sliding-window tables (@excludeMaxPartition)</li>
<li>Commands-only mode: Choose to just log the current defrag status and print the defrag commands, rather than executing them, by using @executeSQL.</li>
<li>&#8230; and tons more!  Please read the parameter list and notes section for details of all the options available.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>FAQ:</strong></p>
<p>I often receive the same questions about this script, so allow me to answer them here:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I keep running the script, but my index is still fragmented. Why?&#8221;</em><br />
This is most likely a very small index. Here&#8217;s what Microsoft has to say:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;In general, fragmentation on small indexes is often not controllable. The pages of small indexes are stored on mixed extents. Mixed extents are shared by up to eight objects, so the fragmentation in a small index might not be reduced after reorganizing or rebuilding the index. For more information about mixed extents, see Understanding Pages and Extents.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p><em>&#8220;What database should I create it in?&#8221; or &#8220;Can I create this in the MASTER database?&#8221;</em><br />
It&#8217;s up to you where you create it. You could technically create it in the MASTER database, but I recommend creating a utility database for your DBA administrative tasks.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Can I run this againt a SharePoint database?&#8221;</em><br />
Yes, you can.  </p>
<p><em>&#8220;What are the minimum requirements to run this script?&#8221; or &#8220;Will this run on SQL Server 2000 instances?&#8221;</em><br />
You need to be on SQL Server 2005 SP2 or higher.</p>
<p>Special thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/SQL_ME_RICH" target="_blank">Richard Yanger</a> for his assistance with beta testing.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>You can download a text file of this script here:  <a href="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dba_indexDefrag_sp_v41.txt" target="_blank">dba_indexDefrag_sp_v41</a></p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/*** Scroll down to the see important notes, disclaimers, and licensing information ***/</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Let's create our parsing function... */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span>    sys.<span style="color: #202020;">objects</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span>   name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_parseString_udf'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FUNCTION</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_parseString_udf</span>;
GO
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FUNCTION</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_parseString_udf</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          @stringToParse <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>  
        , @delimiter     <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURNS</span> @parsedString <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>stringValue <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_parseString_udf
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford, http://sqlfool.com
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    This function parses string input using a variable delimiter.
&nbsp;
    Notes:      Two common delimiter values are space (' ') and comma (',')
&nbsp;
    Date        Initials    Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2011-05-20  MFU         Initial Release
*********************************************************************************
Usage: 		
    SELECT *
    FROM dba_parseString_udf(&lt;string&gt;, &lt;delimiter&gt;);
&nbsp;
Test Cases:
&nbsp;
    1.  multiple strings separated by space
        SELECT * FROM dbo.dba_parseString_udf('  aaa  bbb  ccc ', ' ');
&nbsp;
    2.  multiple strings separated by comma
        SELECT * FROM dbo.dba_parseString_udf(',aaa,bbb,,,ccc,', ',');
*********************************************************************************/</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare variables */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @trimmedString  <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* We need to trim our string input in case the user entered extra spaces */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">LTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@stringToParse<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Let's create a recursive CTE to break down our string for us */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> parseCTE <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>StartPos, EndPos<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> StartPos
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">CHARINDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@delimiter, @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @delimiter<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> EndPos
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">ALL</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> StartPos
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">CHARINDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@delimiter, @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @delimiter , EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> EndPos
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> parseCTE
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">CHARINDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@delimiter, @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @delimiter, EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Let's take the results and stick it in a table */</span>  
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> @parsedString
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUBSTRING</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@trimmedString, StartPos, EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> StartPos<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> parseCTE
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">LEN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">LTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUBSTRING</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@trimmedString, StartPos, EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> StartPos<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">OPTION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>MaxRecursion <span style="color: #000;">8000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span>;   
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
GO
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* First, we need to take care of schema updates, in case you have a legacy 
   version of the script installed */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @indexDefragLog_rename      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
  , @indexDefragExclusion_rename    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
  , @indexDefragStatus_rename       <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  @indexDefragLog_rename <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog_obsolete_'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONVERT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">112</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
      , @indexDefragExclusion_rename <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion_obsolete_'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONVERT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">112</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span>    sys.<span style="color: #202020;">indexes</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span>   name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'PK_indexDefragLog'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_rename</span> dba_indexDefragLog, @indexDefragLog_rename;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span>    sys.<span style="color: #202020;">indexes</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span>   name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'PK_indexDefragExclusion'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_rename</span> dba_indexDefragExclusion, @indexDefragExclusion_rename;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span>    sys.<span style="color: #202020;">indexes</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span>   name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'PK_indexDefragLog_v40'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
         indexDefrag_id     <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , databaseID         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , databaseName       <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , objectID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , objectName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , indexID            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , indexName          <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , partitionNumber    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>            <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , fragmentation      <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>               <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , page_count         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , dateTimeStart      <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>            <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , dateTimeEnd        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>            <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , durationSeconds    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , sqlStatement       <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , errorMessage       <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> 
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragLog_v40 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>indexDefrag_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span>    sys.<span style="color: #202020;">indexes</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span>   name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'PK_indexDefragExclusion_v40'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragExclusion</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
         databaseID         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , databaseName       <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , objectID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , objectName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , indexID            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , indexName          <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , exclusionMask      <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 4=Tuesday, 8=Wednesday, 16=Thursday, 32=Friday, 64=Saturday */</span>
&nbsp;
         <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragExclusion_v40 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>databaseID, objectID, indexID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span>    sys.<span style="color: #202020;">indexes</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span>   name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'PK_indexDefragStatus_v40'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
         databaseID         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , databaseName       <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , objectID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , indexID            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , partitionNumber    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>        <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , fragmentation      <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , page_count         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , range_scan_count   <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>          <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , schemaName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , objectName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , indexName          <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , scanDate           <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>        <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , defragDate         <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>        <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , printStatus        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">DEFAULT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
       , exclusionMask      <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">DEFAULT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragStatus_v40 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>databaseID, objectID, indexID, partitionNumber<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragStatus Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECTPROPERTY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'dbo.dba_indexDefrag_sp'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'IsProcedure'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefrag_sp</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Procedure dba_indexDefrag_sp dropped'</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
Go
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefrag_sp</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Parameters */</span>
    @minFragmentation       <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>               <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">10.0</span>  
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* in percent, will not defrag if fragmentation less than specified */</span>
  , @rebuildThreshold       <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>               <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30.0</span>  
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* in percent, greater than @rebuildThreshold will result in rebuild instead of reorg */</span>
  , @executeSQL             <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = execute; 0 = print command only */</span>
  , @defragOrderColumn      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">20</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>        <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'range_scan_count'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Valid options are: range_scan_count, fragmentation, page_count */</span>
  , @defragSortOrder        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DESC'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Valid options are: ASC, DESC */</span>
  , @timeLimit              <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">720</span> <span style="color: #008080;">/* defaulted to 12 hours */</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Optional time limitation; expressed in minutes */</span>
  , @<span style="color: #0000FF;">database</span>               <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>        <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to specify one or more database names, separated by commas; NULL will return all */</span>
  , @tableName              <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>  <span style="color: #008080;">-- databaseName.schema.tableName</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to specify a table name; null will return all */</span>
  , @forceRescan            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Whether or not to force a rescan of indexes; 1 = force, 0 = use existing scan, if available */</span>
  , @scanMode               <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Options are LIMITED, SAMPLED, and DETAILED */</span>
  , @minPageCount           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> 
        <span style="color: #008080;">/*  MS recommends &gt; 1 extent (8 pages) */</span>
  , @maxPageCount           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* NULL = no limit */</span>
  , @excludeMaxPartition    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = exclude right-most populated partition; 0 = do not exclude; see notes for caveats */</span>
  , @onlineRebuild          <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = online rebuild; 0 = offline rebuild; only in Enterprise */</span>
  , @sortInTempDB           <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = perform sort operation in TempDB; 0 = perform sort operation in the index's database */</span>
  , @maxDopRestriction      <span style="color: #0000FF;">TINYINT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to restrict the number of processors for the operation; only in Enterprise */</span>
  , @printCommands          <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = print commands; 0 = do not print commands */</span>
  , @printFragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = print fragmentation prior to defrag; 
           0 = do not print */</span>
  , @defragDelay            <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:05'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* time to wait between defrag commands */</span>
  , @debugMode              <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>                 <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* display some useful comments to help determine if/WHERE issues occur */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_indexDefrag_sp
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford, http://sqlfool.com
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    Defrags one or more indexes for one or more databases
&nbsp;
    Notes:
&nbsp;
    CAUTION: TRANSACTION LOG SIZE SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY WHEN DEFRAGMENTING.
             DO NOT RUN UNATTENDED ON LARGE DATABASES DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
&nbsp;
      @minFragmentation     defaulted to 10%, will not defrag if fragmentation 
                            is less than that
&nbsp;
      @rebuildThreshold     defaulted to 30% AS recommended by Microsoft in BOL;
                            greater than 30% will result in rebuild instead
&nbsp;
      @executeSQL           1 = execute the SQL generated by this proc; 
                            0 = print command only
&nbsp;
      @defragOrderColumn    Defines how to prioritize the order of defrags.  Only
                            used if @executeSQL = 1.  
                            Valid options are: 
                            range_scan_count = count of range and table scans on the
                                               index; in general, this is what benefits 
                                               the most FROM defragmentation
                            fragmentation    = amount of fragmentation in the index;
                                               the higher the number, the worse it is
                            page_count       = number of pages in the index; affects
                                               how long it takes to defrag an index
&nbsp;
      @defragSortOrder      The sort order of the ORDER BY clause.
                            Valid options are ASC (ascending) or DESC (descending).
&nbsp;
      @timeLimit            Optional, limits how much time can be spent performing 
                            index defrags; expressed in minutes.
&nbsp;
                            NOTE: The time limit is checked BEFORE an index defrag
                                  is begun, thus a long index defrag can exceed the
                                  time limitation.
&nbsp;
      @database             Optional, specify specific database name to defrag;
                            If not specified, all non-system databases will
                            be defragged.
&nbsp;
      @tableName            Specify if you only want to defrag indexes for a 
                            specific table, format = databaseName.schema.tableName;
                            if not specified, all tables will be defragged.
&nbsp;
      @forceRescan          Whether or not to force a rescan of indexes.  If set
                            to 0, a rescan will not occur until all indexes have
                            been defragged.  This can span multiple executions.
                            1 = force a rescan
                            0 = use previous scan, if there are indexes left to defrag
&nbsp;
      @scanMode             Specifies which scan mode to use to determine
                            fragmentation levels.  Options are:
                            LIMITED - scans the parent level; quickest mode,
                                      recommended for most cases.
                            SAMPLED - samples 1% of all data pages; if less than
                                      10k pages, performs a DETAILED scan.
                            DETAILED - scans all data pages.  Use great care with
                                       this mode, AS it can cause performance issues.
&nbsp;
      @minPageCount         Specifies how many pages must exist in an index in order 
                            to be considered for a defrag.  Defaulted to 8 pages, AS 
                            Microsoft recommends only defragging indexes with more 
                            than 1 extent (8 pages).  
&nbsp;
                            NOTE: The @minPageCount will restrict the indexes that
                            are stored in dba_indexDefragStatus table.
&nbsp;
      @maxPageCount         Specifies the maximum number of pages that can exist in 
                            an index and still be considered for a defrag.  Useful
                            for scheduling small indexes during business hours and
                            large indexes for non-business hours.
&nbsp;
                            NOTE: The @maxPageCount will restrict the indexes that
                            are defragged during the current operation; it will not
                            prevent indexes FROM being stored in the 
                            dba_indexDefragStatus table.  This way, a single scan
                            can support multiple page count thresholds.
&nbsp;
      @excludeMaxPartition  If an index is partitioned, this option specifies whether
                            to exclude the right-most populated partition.  Typically,
                            this is the partition that is currently being written to in
                            a sliding-window scenario.  Enabling this feature may reduce
                            contention.  This may not be applicable in other types of 
                            partitioning scenarios.  Non-partitioned indexes are 
                            unaffected by this option.
                            1 = exclude right-most populated partition
                            0 = do not exclude
&nbsp;
      @onlineRebuild        1 = online rebuild; 
                            0 = offline rebuild
&nbsp;
      @sortInTempDB         Specifies whether to defrag the index in TEMPDB or in the
                            database the index belongs to.  Enabling this option may
                            result in faster defrags and prevent database file size 
                            inflation.
                            1 = perform sort operation in TempDB
                            0 = perform sort operation in the index's database 
&nbsp;
      @maxDopRestriction    Option to specify a processor limit for index rebuilds
&nbsp;
      @printCommands        1 = print commands to screen; 
                            0 = do not print commands
&nbsp;
      @printFragmentation   1 = print fragmentation to screen;
                            0 = do not print fragmentation
&nbsp;
      @defragDelay          Time to wait between defrag commands; gives the
                            server a little time to catch up 
&nbsp;
      @debugMode            1 = display debug comments; helps with troubleshooting
                            0 = do not display debug comments
&nbsp;
    Called by:  SQL Agent Job or DBA
&nbsp;
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DISCLAIMER: 
    This code and information are provided &quot;AS IS&quot; without warranty of any kind,
    either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied 
    warranties or merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    LICENSE: 
    This index defrag script is free to download and use for personal, educational, 
    and internal corporate purposes, provided that this header is preserved. 
    Redistribution or sale of this index defrag script, in whole or in part, is 
    prohibited without the author's express written consent.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Date        Initials	Version Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2007-12-18  MFU         1.0     Initial Release
    2008-10-17  MFU         1.1     Added @defragDelay, CIX_temp_indexDefragList
    2008-11-17  MFU         1.2     Added page_count to log table
                                    , added @printFragmentation option
    2009-03-17  MFU         2.0     Provided support for centralized execution
                                    , consolidated Enterprise &amp; Standard versions
                                    , added @debugMode, @maxDopRestriction
                                    , modified LOB and partition logic  
    2009-06-18  MFU         3.0     Fixed bug in LOB logic, added @scanMode option
                                    , added support for stat rebuilds (@rebuildStats)
                                    , support model and msdb defrag
                                    , added columns to the dba_indexDefragLog table
                                    , modified logging to show &quot;in progress&quot; defrags
                                    , added defrag exclusion list (scheduling)
    2009-08-28  MFU         3.1     Fixed read_only bug for database lists
    2010-04-20  MFU         4.0     Added time limit option
                                    , added static table with rescan logic
                                    , added parameters for page count &amp; SORT_IN_TEMPDB
                                    , added try/catch logic and additional debug options
                                    , added options for defrag prioritization
                                    , fixed bug for indexes with allow_page_lock = off
                                    , added option to exclude right-most partition
                                    , removed @rebuildStats option
                                    , refer to http://sqlfool.com for full release notes
    2011-04-28  MFU         4.1     Bug fixes for databases requiring []
                                    , cleaned up the create table section
                                    , updated syntax for case-sensitive databases
                                    , comma-delimited list for @database now supported
*********************************************************************************
    Example of how to call this script:
&nbsp;
        EXECUTE dbo.dba_indexDefrag_sp
              @executeSQL           = 1
            , @printCommands        = 1
            , @debugMode            = 1
            , @printFragmentation   = 1
            , @forceRescan          = 1
            , @maxDopRestriction    = 1
            , @minPageCount         = 8
            , @maxPageCount         = NULL
            , @minFragmentation     = 1
            , @rebuildThreshold     = 30
            , @defragDelay          = '00:00:05'
            , @defragOrderColumn    = 'page_count'
            , @defragSortOrder      = 'DESC'
            , @excludeMaxPartition  = 1
            , @timeLimit            = NULL
            , @database             = 'sandbox,sandbox_caseSensitive';
*********************************************************************************/</span>																
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> XACT_AB<span style="color: #808080;">OR</span>T <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> QUOTED_IDENTIFIER <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> TRY
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Just a little validation... */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @minFragmentation <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> 
            <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @minFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">BETWEEN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0.00</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> <span style="color: #000;">100.0</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @minFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">10.0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">BETWEEN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0.00</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> <span style="color: #000;">100.0</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30.0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragDelay <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">LIKE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragDelay <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:05'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'range_scan_count'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'fragmentation'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'page_count'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'range_scan_count'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'ASC'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DESC'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DESC'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @scanMode <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SAMPLED'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DETAILED'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @scanMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @forceRescan <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @forceRescan <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Undusting the cogs AND starting up...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare our variables */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span>   @objectID                 <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @databaseID               <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @databaseName             <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @indexID                  <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @partitionCount           <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
                , @schemaName               <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @objectName               <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @indexName                <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @partitionNumber          <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>
                , @fragmentation            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>
                , @pageCount                <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @sqlCommand               <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @rebuildCommand           <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">200</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @datetimestart            <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @dateTimeEnd              <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @containsLOB              <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
                , @editionCheck             <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
                , @debugMessage             <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @updateSQL                <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @partitionSQL             <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @partitionSQL_Param       <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @LOB_SQL                  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @LOB_SQL_Param            <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @indexDefrag_id           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @startdatetime            <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @enddatetime              <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @getIndexSQL              <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @getIndexSQL_Param        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @allowPageLockSQL         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @allowPageLockSQL_Param   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @allowPageLocks           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @excludeMaxPartitionSQL   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Initialize our variables */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @startdatetime <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @enddatetime <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEADD</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">minute</span>, @timeLimit, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Create our temporary tables */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #databaseList
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
              databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , scanStatus        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #processor 
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
              <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">index</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , Name              <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , Internal_Value    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , Character_Value   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #maxPartitionList
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
              databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , maxPartition      <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Beginning validation...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Make sure we're not exceeding the number of processors we have available */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #processor
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">xp_msver</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ProcessorCount'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> Internal_Value <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #processor<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Internal_Value
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #processor;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check our server version; 1804890536 = Enterprise, 610778273 = Enterprise Evaluation, -2117995310 = Developer */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">ServerProperty</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'EditionID'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1804890536</span>, <span style="color: #000;">610778273</span>, <span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">2117995310</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- supports online rebuilds</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>; <span style="color: #008080;">-- does not support online rebuilds</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Output the parameters we're working with */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Your SELECTed parameters are... 
            Defrag indexes WITH fragmentation greater than '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@minFragmentation <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';
            REBUILD indexes WITH fragmentation greater than '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';
            You'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' want the commands to be executed automatically; 
            You want to defrag indexes in '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' order of the '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">UPPER</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@defragOrderColumn<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' value;
            You have'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @timeLimit <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' NOT specified a time limit;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' specified a time limit of '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@timeLimit <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' minutes;
            '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">database</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ALL databases'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'The '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">database</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' database(s)'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' will be defragged;
            '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @tableName <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ALL tables'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'The '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @tableName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' TABLE'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' will be defragged;
            We'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> @forceRescan <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WILL NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WILL'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' be rescanning indexes;
            The scan will be performed in '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @scanMode <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' mode;
            You want to limit defrags to indexes with'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @maxPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' more than '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@minPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                <span style="color: #FF0000;">' BETWEEN '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@minPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' AND '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' pages;
            Indexes will be defragged'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @onlineRebuild <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' OFFLINE;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' ONLINE;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            Indexes will be sorted in'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' the DATABASE'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' TEMPDB;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            Defrag operations will utilize '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'system defaults for processors;'</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' processors;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            You'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' want to PRINT the ALTER INDEX commands; 
            You'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @printFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' want to OUTPUT fragmentation levels; 
            You want to wait '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragDelay <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' (hh:mm:ss) BETWEEN defragging indexes;
            You want to run in'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DEBUG'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' SILENT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' mode.'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Grabbing a list of our databases...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve the list of databases to investigate */</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* If @database is NULL, it means we want to defrag *all* databases */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">database</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #databaseList
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> database_id
                , name
                , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- not scanned yet for fragmentation</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'master'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008080;">-- exclude system databases</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">state</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- state must be ONLINE</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> is_read_only <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;  <span style="color: #008080;">-- cannot be read_only</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Otherwise, we're going to just defrag our list of databases */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #databaseList
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> database_id
                , name
                , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- not scanned yet for fragmentation</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> d
            <span style="color: #808080;">JOIN</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_parseString_udf</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@<span style="color: #0000FF;">database</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">','</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> x
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> d.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> x.<span style="color: #202020;">stringValue</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">IN</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'master'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008080;">-- exclude system databases</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">state</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- state must be ONLINE</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> is_read_only <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;  <span style="color: #008080;">-- cannot be read_only</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>; 
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check to see IF we have indexes in need of defrag; otherwise, re-scan the database(s) */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @forceRescan <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Truncate our list of indexes to prepare for a new scan */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">TRUNCATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Looping through our list of databases and checking for fragmentation...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Loop through our list of databases */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Top</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> @databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> databaseID
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'  working on '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'...'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
               <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine which indexes to defrag using our user-defined parameters */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                      databaseID
                    , databaseName
                    , objectID
                    , indexID
                    , partitionNumber
                    , fragmentation
                    , page_count
                    , range_scan_count
                    , scanDate
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>
                      ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'databaseID'</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'databaseName'</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'objectID'</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'indexID'</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'partitionNumber'</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">avg_fragmentation_in_percent</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'fragmentation'</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">page_count</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'page_count'</span>
                    , os.<span style="color: #202020;">range_scan_count</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'scanDate'</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_db_index_physical_stats</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableName<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> , <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>, @scanMode<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ps
                <span style="color: #808080;">JOIN</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_db_index_operational_stats</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableName<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> , <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> os
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ps.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> avg_fragmentation_in_percent <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @minFragmentation 
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- ignore heaps</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">page_count</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> @minPageCount 
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_level</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- leaf-level nodes only, supports @scanMode</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span> 
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
                    , ps.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">object_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> 
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span> 
                    , os.<span style="color: #202020;">range_scan_count</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">OPTION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>MAXDOP <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Do we want to exclude right-most populated partition of our partitioned indexes? */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @excludeMaxPartition <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @excludeMaxPartitionSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                        SELECT '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' AS [databaseID]
                            , [object_id]
                            , index_id
                            , MAX(partition_number) AS [maxPartition]
                        FROM ['</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'].sys.partitions
                        WHERE partition_number &gt; 1
                            AND [rows] &gt; 0
                        GROUP BY object_id
                            , index_id;'</span>;
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #maxPartitionList
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @excludeMaxPartitionSQL;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Keep track of which databases have already been scanned */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> #databaseList
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* We don't want to defrag the right-most populated partition, so
               delete any records for partitioned indexes where partition = MAX(partition) */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @excludeMaxPartition <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">DELETE</span> ids
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ids
                <span style="color: #808080;">JOIN</span> #maxPartitionList <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> mpl
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span>
                    <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">partitionNumber</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">maxPartition</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our exclusion mask for any index that has a restriction ON the days it can be defragged */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> ids
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">exclusionMask</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">exclusionMask</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ids
            <span style="color: #808080;">JOIN</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragExclusion</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ide
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Looping through our list... there are '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' indexes to defrag!'</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
            <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> page_count <span style="color: #808080;">BETWEEN</span> @minPageCount <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> IS<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxPageCount, page_count<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Begin our loop for defragging */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
               <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> 
               <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                           <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
                        <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> printStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                     <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> exclusionMask <span style="color: #808080;">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">POWER</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEPART</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>weekday, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> page_count <span style="color: #808080;">BETWEEN</span> @minPageCount <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> IS<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxPageCount, page_count<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check to see IF we need to exit our loop because of our time limit */</span>        
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> IS<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@enddatetime, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Our time limit has been exceeded!'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">11</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Picking an index to beat into shape...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab the index with the highest priority, based on the values submitted; 
               Look at the exclusion mask to ensure it can be defragged today */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @getIndexSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            SELECT TOP 1 
                  @objectID_Out         = objectID
                , @indexID_Out          = indexID
                , @databaseID_Out       = databaseID
                , @databaseName_Out     = databaseName
                , @fragmentation_Out    = fragmentation
                , @partitionNumber_Out  = partitionNumber
                , @pageCount_Out        = page_count
            FROM dbo.dba_indexDefragStatus
            WHERE defragDate IS NULL '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'AND printStatus = 0'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                AND exclusionMask &amp; Power(2, DatePart(weekday, GETDATE())-1) = 0
                AND page_count BETWEEN @p_minPageCount AND ISNULL(@p_maxPageCount, page_count)
            ORDER BY + '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragSortOrder;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @getIndexSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'@objectID_Out        INT OUTPUT
                                     , @indexID_Out         INT OUTPUT
                                     , @databaseID_Out      INT OUTPUT
                                     , @databaseName_Out    NVARCHAR(128) OUTPUT
                                     , @fragmentation_Out   INT OUTPUT
                                     , @partitionNumber_Out INT OUTPUT
                                     , @pageCount_Out       INT OUTPUT
                                     , @p_minPageCount      INT
                                     , @p_maxPageCount      INT'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @getIndexSQL
                , @getIndexSQL_Param
                , @p_minPageCount       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @minPageCount
                , @p_maxPageCount       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @maxPageCount
                , @objectID_Out         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID         <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @indexID_Out          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @databaseID_Out       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID       <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @databaseName_Out     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseName     <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @fragmentation_Out    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @fragmentation    <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @partitionNumber_Out  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber  <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @pageCount_Out        <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @pageCount        <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Looking up the specifics for our index...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Look up index information */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @updateSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'UPDATE ids
                SET schemaName = QUOTENAME(s.name)
                    , objectName = QUOTENAME(o.name)
                    , indexName = QUOTENAME(i.name)
                FROM dbo.dba_indexDefragStatus AS ids
                INNER JOIN '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.objects AS o
                    ON ids.objectID = o.[object_id]
                INNER JOIN '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.indexes AS i
                    ON o.[object_id] = i.[object_id]
                    AND ids.indexID = i.index_id
                INNER JOIN '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.schemas AS s
                    ON o.schema_id = s.schema_id
                WHERE o.[object_id] = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                    AND i.index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                    AND i.type &gt; 0
                    AND ids.databaseID = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @updateSQL;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab our object names */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @objectName  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> objectName
                , @schemaName   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> schemaName
                , @indexName    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> indexName
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> objectID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> indexID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Grabbing the partition COUNT...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if the index is partitioned */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @partitionSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SELECT @partitionCount_OUT = COUNT(*)
                                        FROM '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.partitions
                                        WHERE object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                            AND index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';'</span>
                , @partitionSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@partitionCount_OUT INT OUTPUT'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @partitionSQL, @partitionSQL_Param, @partitionCount_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Seeing IF there are any LOBs to be handled...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if the table contains LOBs */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @LOB_SQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' SELECT @containsLOB_OUT = COUNT(*)
                                FROM '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.columns WITH (NoLock) 
                                WHERE [object_id] = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                   AND (system_type_id IN (34, 35, 99)
                                            OR max_length = -1);'</span>
                                <span style="color: #008080;">/*  system_type_id --&gt; 34 = IMAGE, 35 = TEXT, 99 = NTEXT
                                    max_length = -1 --&gt; VARBINARY(MAX), VARCHAR(MAX), NVARCHAR(MAX), XML */</span>
                    , @LOB_SQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@containsLOB_OUT INT OUTPUT'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @LOB_SQL, @LOB_SQL_Param, @containsLOB_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @containsLOB <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Checking for indexes that do NOT allow page locks...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if page locks are allowed; for those indexes, we need to always REBUILD */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @allowPageLockSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SELECT @allowPageLocks_OUT = COUNT(*)
                                        FROM '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.indexes
                                        WHERE object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                            AND index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                            AND Allow_Page_Locks = 0;'</span>
                , @allowPageLockSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@allowPageLocks_OUT INT OUTPUT'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @allowPageLockSQL, @allowPageLockSQL_Param, @allowPageLocks_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @allowPageLocks <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Building our SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* IF there's not a lot of fragmentation, or if we have a LOB, we should REORGANIZE */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@fragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @containsLOB <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> @allowPageLocks <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'ALTER INDEX '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @indexName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' ON '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> 
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @objectName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' REORGANIZE'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* If our index is partitioned, we should always REORGANIZE */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' PARTITION = '</span> 
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@partitionNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* If the index is heavily fragmented and doesn't contain any partitions or LOB's, 
               or if the index does not allow page locks, REBUILD it */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@fragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @allowPageLocks <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> IS<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@containsLOB, <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">!=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set online REBUILD options; requires Enterprise Edition */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @onlineRebuild <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = ON'</span>;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = Off'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set sort operation preferences */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', SORT_IN_TEMPDB = ON'</span>;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', SORT_IN_TEMPDB = Off'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set processor restriction options; requires Enterprise Edition */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span> <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', MAXDOP = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'ALTER INDEX '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @indexName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' ON '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span>
                                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @objectName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @rebuildCommand;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Print an error message if any indexes happen to not meet the criteria above */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'We are unable to defrag this index.'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Are we executing the SQL?  IF so, do it */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Executing: '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @sqlCommand;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Print the commands we're executing if specified to do so */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab the time for logging purposes */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @datetimestart  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Log our actions */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                      databaseID
                    , databaseName
                    , objectID
                    , objectName
                    , indexID
                    , indexName
                    , partitionNumber
                    , fragmentation
                    , page_count
                    , DATETIMEStart
                    , sqlStatement
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>
                      @databaseID
                    , @databaseName
                    , @objectID
                    , @objectName
                    , @indexID
                    , @indexName
                    , @partitionNumber
                    , @fragmentation
                    , @pageCount
                    , @datetimestart
                    , @sqlCommand;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SCOPE_IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Wrap our execution attempt in a TRY/CATCH and log any errors that occur */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> TRY
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Execute our defrag! */</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @sqlCommand;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our log with our completion time */</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @dateTimeEnd
                        , durationSeconds <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEDIFF</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">second</span>, @datetimestart, @dateTimeEnd<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexDefrag_id;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> TRY
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> CATCH
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our log with our error message */</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                        , durationSeconds <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                        , errorMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ERR<span style="color: #808080;">OR</span>_MESSAGE<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexDefrag_id;
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                        <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  An error has occurred executing this command! Please review the dba_indexDefragLog table for details.'</span>
                            , <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> CATCH
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Just a little breather for the server */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WAITFOR</span> DELAY @defragDelay;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> defragDate <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                    , printStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID
                  <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> objectID         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
                  <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> indexID          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
                  <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> partitionNumber  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Looks like we're not executing, just printing the commands */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Printing SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">OR</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> IS<span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@sqlCommand, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'error!'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> printStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID
                  <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> objectID         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
                  <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> indexID          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
                  <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> partitionNumber  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Do we want to output our fragmentation results? */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Displaying a summary of our action...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseID
                , databaseName
                , objectID
                , objectName
                , indexID
                , indexName
                , partitionNumber
                , fragmentation
                , page_count
                , range_scan_count
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @startdatetime
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> defragDate;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> TRY
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> CATCH
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ERR<span style="color: #808080;">OR</span>_MESSAGE<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' (Line Number: '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ERR<span style="color: #808080;">OR</span>_L<span style="color: #808080;">IN</span>E<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> @debugMessage;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> CATCH;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* When everything is said and done, make sure to get rid of our temp table */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #databaseList;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #processor;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #maxPartitionList;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'DONE!  Thank you for taking care of your indexes!  :)'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span></pre></div></div>

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		<title>T-SQL Script for Estimating Compression Savings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I was working on a Microsoft PDW proof-of-concept (POC) and had to measure compression ratios. In order to do this, I fired up SSMS and wrote a little script. The script will iterate through all tables in a database and run the sp_estimate_data_compression_savings stored procedure. This will only work in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of weeks ago, I was working on a <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions/data-warehouse.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft PDW</a> proof-of-concept (POC) and had to measure compression ratios.  In order to do this, I fired up SSMS and wrote a little script.  The script will iterate through all tables in a database and run the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280574.aspx" target="_blank">sp_estimate_data_compression_savings</a> stored procedure.  <strong>This will only work in SQL Server 2008+ versions running Enterprise edition</strong>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with this stored procedure, it basically will tell you what effect PAGE or ROW compression will have on your table/index/partition, etc.  There are pro&#8217;s and con&#8217;s with compression.  What I&#8217;ve tended to see is that compression has very positive results on space, IO, and query duration, with a negative impact on CPU and write speed.  Like most things, it&#8217;s a trade-off and the results will vary by environment, so I recommend you do some testing before you apply compression to all tables.  I tend to use compression mostly for my historical tables and partitions and leave my recent data uncompressed.  And, back to the script, I use this stored procedure to estimate the impact of compression and to determine whether to use PAGE or ROW compression.  PAGE is a higher level of compression, which means it&#8217;s also more expensive in terms of CPU, so if the difference between the two results is negligible, I&#8217;m more apt to just use ROW compression.  </p>
<p>Now that my impromptu compression discussion is done, let&#8217;s get to the actual script.  One final word of caution, however. <strong>This is an IO intensive process</strong>, so you may want to run it after peak business hours.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @printOnly  <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- change to 1 if you don't want to execute, just print commands</span>
    , @tableName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">256</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @schemaName   <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">100</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @sqlStatement <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @tableCount   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , @statusMsg    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> tempdb.<span style="color: #202020;">sys</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">LIKE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%#tables%'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #tables; 
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #tables
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      database_name     sysname
    , schemaName        sysname <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    , tableName         sysname <span style="color: #808080;">NULL</span>
    , processed         <span style="color: #0000FF;">bit</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> tempdb.<span style="color: #202020;">sys</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">LIKE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%#compression%'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #compressionResults;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">NOT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> tempdb.<span style="color: #202020;">sys</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">LIKE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%#compression%'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> 
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #compressionResults
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          objectName                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">100</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , schemaName                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">50</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , index_id                      <span style="color: #0000FF;">int</span>
        , partition_number              <span style="color: #0000FF;">int</span>
        , size_current_compression      <span style="color: #0000FF;">bigint</span>
        , size_requested_compression    <span style="color: #0000FF;">bigint</span>
        , sample_current_compression    <span style="color: #0000FF;">bigint</span>
        , sample_requested_compression  <span style="color: #0000FF;">bigint</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #tables
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , SCHEMA_NAME<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>schema_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , name
    , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- unprocessed</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @tableCount <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #tables;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">EXISTS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #tables <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> processed <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> @tableName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> tableName
        , @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> schemaName
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #tables <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> processed <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @statusMsg <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Working on '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableCount <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' of '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #tables
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> processed <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@statusMsg, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NOWAIT;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'EXECUTE sp_estimate_data_compression_savings '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> 
                        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">', '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @tableName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">', NULL, NULL, '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'PAGE'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">';'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- ROW, PAGE, or NONE</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printOnly <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> 
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @sqlStatement;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #compressionResults
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">sp_executesql</span> @sqlStatement;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> #tables
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> processed <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> tableName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @tableName
        <span style="color: #808080;">AND</span> schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @schemaName;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #compressionResults;</pre></div></div>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This handy little script parses a string and returns the results as a table. I know there are a ton of string parsing functions out there, but I thought I&#8217;d add to the list. The basic logic of it (using a CTE) is derived from a forum post I found years ago. The table-valued UDF, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This handy little script parses a string and returns the results as a table.  I know there are a ton of string parsing functions out there, but I thought I&#8217;d add to the list.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The basic logic of it (using a CTE) is derived from a forum post I found years ago.  The table-valued UDF, delimiter, etc. is all stuff that I added.  So thus, while I can not claim complete credit, I still thought it&#8217;d be worthwhile to share.  Plus this will be used in another script I will be posting soon.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Let's create our parsing function... */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FUNCTION</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_parseString_udf</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          @stringToParse <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>  
        , @delimiter     <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURNS</span> @parsedString <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>stringValue <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_parseString_udf
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford, http://sqlfool.com
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    This function parses string input using a variable delimiter.
&nbsp;
    Notes:      Two common delimiter values are space (' ') and comma (',')
&nbsp;
    Date        Initials    Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2011-05-20  MFU         Initial Release
*********************************************************************************
Usage: 		
    SELECT *
	FROM dba_parseString_udf(&lt;string&gt;, &lt;delimiter&gt;);
&nbsp;
Test Cases:
&nbsp;
    1.  multiple strings separated by space
        SELECT * FROM dbo.dba_parseString_udf('  aaa  bbb  ccc ', ' ');
&nbsp;
    2.  multiple strings separated by comma
        SELECT * FROM dbo.dba_parseString_udf(',aaa,bbb,,,ccc,', ',');
*********************************************************************************/</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare variables */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @trimmedString  <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* We need to trim our string input in case the user entered extra spaces */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">LTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@stringToParse<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Let's create a recursive CTE to break down our string for us */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> parseCTE <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>StartPos, EndPos<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> StartPos
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">CHARINDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@delimiter, @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @delimiter<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> EndPos
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">ALL</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> StartPos
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">CharIndex</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@delimiter, @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @delimiter , EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> EndPos
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> parseCTE
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">CHARINDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@delimiter, @trimmedString <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @delimiter, EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Let's take the results and stick it in a table */</span>  
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> @parsedString
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUBSTRING</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@trimmedString, StartPos, EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> StartPos<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> parseCTE
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">LEN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">LTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUBSTRING</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@trimmedString, StartPos, EndPos <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> StartPos<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">OPTION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>MaxRecursion <span style="color: #000;">8000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span>;   
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span></pre></div></div>

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		<title>Identity Columns: Are You Nearing The Limits?</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2011/01/identity-columns-are-you-nearing-the-limits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I use identity columns frequently. After all, identity columns make great clustering keys. But it&#8217;s important when using identity columns to check on the amount of values you have left before you reach the limit of your data type. An identity column has a fixed amount of values it can use based upon whether you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I use identity columns frequently.  After all, <a href="http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/effective-clustered-indexes/" target="_blank">identity columns make great clustering keys</a>.  But it&#8217;s important when using identity columns to check on the amount of values you have left before you reach the limit of your data type.  An identity column has a fixed amount of values it can use based upon whether you specified tinyint, smallint, int, or bigint when you defined the column.  If you reach this limit, your inserts <del datetime="2011-01-13T15:41:01+00:00">will blow up and cause a Chernobyl-like SQL meltdown</del> will begin to fail.  I just finished an audit of my tables and thought I&#8217;d share the script.  I would like to warn that this script is *not* perfect&#8230; namely, it doesn&#8217;t handle negative integer values very elegantly.  It also doesn&#8217;t know if you started your seed at zero, approached your max positive limit, then reseeded to the negative limit (see my &#8220;quick and dirty fix&#8221; tip at the end of this article).</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Define how close we are to the value limit
   before we start throwing up the red flag.
   The higher the value, the closer to the limit. */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Declare</span> @threshold <span style="color: #0000FF;">decimal</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">3</span>,<span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> .85;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Create a temp table */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Create</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Table</span> #identityStatus
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      database_name     <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , table_name        <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , column_name       <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , data_type         <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , last_value        <span style="color: #0000FF;">bigint</span>
    , max_value         <span style="color: #0000FF;">bigint</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Use an undocumented command to run a SQL statement
   in each database on a server */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Execute</span> sp_msforeachdb <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
    Use [?];
    Insert Into #identityStatus
    Select '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'?'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">' As [database_name]
        , Object_Name(id.object_id, DB_ID('</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'?'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">')) As [table_name]
        , id.name As [column_name]
        , t.name As [data_type]
        , Cast(id.last_value As bigint) As [last_value]
        , Case 
            When t.name = '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'tinyint'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'   Then 255 
            When t.name = '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'smallint'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Then 32767 
            When t.name = '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'int'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'       Then 2147483647 
            When t.name = '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'bigint'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'    Then 9223372036854775807
          End As [max_value]
    From sys.identity_columns As id
    Join sys.types As t
        On id.system_type_id = t.system_type_id
    Where id.last_value Is Not Null'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve our results and format it all prettily */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> database_name
    , table_name
    , column_name
    , data_type
    , last_value
    , <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> 
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> last_value <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #000;">100</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">Else</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>last_value <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">float</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> max_value<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #000;">100</span> 
      <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>percentLeft<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
    , <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> 
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>last_value <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">float</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> max_value <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @threshold
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'warning: approaching max limit'</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">Else</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'okay'</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>id_status<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">From</span> #identityStatus
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Order</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">By</span> percentLeft;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Clean up after ourselves */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Drop</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Table</span> #identityStatus;</pre></div></div>

<p>If you find yourself quickly approaching your max limit and need to implement a quick and dirty fix, you can <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2008/11/max-int-identity-value-reached-dbcc-checkident" target-"_blank">reseed your identity column</a>.  Of course, this only works if you started at zero instead of the actual lower, negative limit.</p>
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		<title>SQL Agent Job Script</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post is brought to you by the awesomeness that is the SQL Server Twitter community. Contributions were made by several awesome Tweeples, including Denny Cherry, Kendra Little, Ken Simmons, and Magnus Ahlkvist, among others. What started this is something you&#8217;ve all probably run into at one time or another. We&#8217;re currently having some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This blog post is brought to you by the awesomeness that is the SQL Server Twitter community.  Contributions were made by several awesome Tweeples, including <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mrdenny" target="_blank">Denny Cherry</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Kendra_Little" target="_blank">Kendra Little</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/KenSimmons" target="_blank">Ken Simmons</a>, and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MagnusAhlkvist" target="_blank">Magnus Ahlkvist</a>, among others.  </p>
<p>What started this is something you&#8217;ve all probably run into at one time or another.  We&#8217;re currently having some resource contention on our server when a ton of processes kickoff and overlap in the morning.  Now, <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2009/02/view-sql-agent-jobs-tsql/" target="_blank">I have a script that I&#8217;ve used in the past</a> for monitoring SQL agent jobs, but this time I wanted to add some historical run-time information.  I know the sysjobhistory table contains the information I need, but it has some&#8230; let&#8217;s say, creative ways of storing the data.  Opinions on the reasons why vary:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tweets.jpg"><img src="http://sqlfool.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tweets-187x300.jpg" alt="" title="tweets" width="187" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1458" /></a><br />
<br />
Regardless the reason, I needed to do some conversions. <a href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/" target="_blank">Denny</a> shared with us the msdb.dbo.agent_datetime function to convert run_date and run_time into an actual datetime value.  I have to say, this certainly cleans up the code quite a bit!  Then Magnus shared a method to convert run_duration into seconds, which he modified from a script on <a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic206218-5-1.aspx" target="_blank">SQLServerCentral</a>.  I was able to use these two tidbits to update my old script.  You can now run this script to get back a list of all enabled procs, a script that will disable them, a breakdown of the schedule, and a historical run-time average.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/*  How many days do you want to include in your run-time average?
    Recent values tend to be more useful. */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Declare</span> @daysToAverage <span style="color: #0000FF;">smallint</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Declare</span> @avgRunTime <span style="color: #0000FF;">Table</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      job_id      <span style="color: #0000FF;">uniqueidentifier</span>
    , avgRunTime  <span style="color: #0000FF;">int</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* We need to parse the schedule into something we can understand */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Declare</span> @weekDay <span style="color: #0000FF;">Table</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      mask       <span style="color: #0000FF;">int</span>
    , maskValue  <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">32</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Insert</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Into</span> @weekDay
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Sunday'</span>  <span style="color: #0000FF;">Union</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">2</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Monday'</span>  <span style="color: #0000FF;">Union</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">4</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Tuesday'</span>  <span style="color: #0000FF;">Union</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Wednesday'</span>  <span style="color: #0000FF;">Union</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">16</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Thursday'</span>  <span style="color: #0000FF;">Union</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">32</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Friday'</span>  <span style="color: #0000FF;">Union</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> <span style="color: #000;">64</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Saturday'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* First, let's get our run-time average */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Insert</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Into</span> @avgRunTime
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> job_id
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Avg</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>run_duration<span style="color: #808080;">/</span><span style="color: #000;">10000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #000;">3600</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>run_duration<span style="color: #808080;">/</span><span style="color: #000;">100</span><span style="color: #808080;">%</span>100<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #000;">60</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> run_duration<span style="color: #808080;">%</span>100<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'avgRunTime'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">/* convert HHMMSS to seconds */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">From</span> msdb.<span style="color: #202020;">dbo</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">sysjobhistory</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Where</span> step_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- only grab our total run-time</span>
    And run_status <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- only grab successful executions</span>
    And msdb.<span style="color: #202020;">dbo</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">agent_datetime</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>run_date, run_time<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DateAdd</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">day</span>, <span style="color: #808080;">-</span>@daysToAverage, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GetDate</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Group</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">By</span> job_id;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Now let's get our schedule information */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">With</span> myCTE
<span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'scheduleName'</span>
        , sched.<span style="color: #202020;">schedule_id</span>
        , jobsched.<span style="color: #202020;">job_id</span>
        , <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Once'</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">4</span> 
                And sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Daily'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">4</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Every '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">5</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' days'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> 
                <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Replace</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Replace</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Replace</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> maskValue 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">From</span> @weekDay <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> x 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">Where</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&amp;</span> x.<span style="color: #202020;">mask</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">Order</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">By</span> mask <span style="color: #0000FF;">For</span> XML Raw<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot;/&gt;&lt;row maskValue=&quot;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">', '</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&lt;row maskValue=&quot;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot;/&gt;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
                        And sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                            <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'; weekly'</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'; every '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' weeks'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">16</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'On day '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' of every '</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' months'</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">32</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_relative_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'First'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_relative_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">2</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Second'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_relative_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">4</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Third'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_relative_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Fourth'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_relative_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">16</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Last'</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Sunday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">2</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Monday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">3</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Tuesday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">4</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Wednesday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">5</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Thursday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">6</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Friday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">7</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Saturday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Day'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">9</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Weekday'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_interval</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">10</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Weekend'</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
                        And sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'; monthly'</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'; every '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_recurrence_factor</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' months'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">64</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'StartUp'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">128</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Idle'</span>
          <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'frequency'</span>
        , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Every '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_subday_interval</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">Case</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_subday_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">2</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' seconds'</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_subday_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">4</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' minutes'</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">When</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">freq_subday_type</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Then</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' hours'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">End</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Once'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'subFrequency'</span>
        , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Replicate</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'0'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">6</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Len</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">active_start_time</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
            <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">active_start_time</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">6</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'startTime'</span>
        , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Replicate</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'0'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">6</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Len</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">active_end_time</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
            <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">active_end_time</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">6</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'endTime'</span>
        , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Replicate</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'0'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">6</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">Len</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>jobsched.<span style="color: #202020;">next_run_time</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
            <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>jobsched.<span style="color: #202020;">next_run_time</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">varchar</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">6</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'nextRunTime'</span>
        , <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>jobsched.<span style="color: #202020;">next_run_date</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">char</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'nextRunDate'</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">From</span> msdb.<span style="color: #202020;">dbo</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">sysschedules</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> sched
    Join msdb.<span style="color: #202020;">dbo</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">sysjobschedules</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> jobsched
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">On</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">schedule_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> jobsched.<span style="color: #202020;">schedule_id</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">Where</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">enabled</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Finally, let's look at our actual jobs and tie it all together */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Select</span> job.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'jobName'</span>
    , sched.<span style="color: #202020;">scheduleName</span>
    , sched.<span style="color: #202020;">frequency</span>
    , sched.<span style="color: #202020;">subFrequency</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">startTime</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">':'</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">startTime</span>, <span style="color: #000;">3</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' - '</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">endTime</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">':'</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">endTime</span>, <span style="color: #000;">3</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'scheduleTime'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- HH:MM</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">nextRunDate</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span>, <span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'/'</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">nextRunDate</span>, <span style="color: #000;">5</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'/'</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">nextRunDate</span>, <span style="color: #000;">7</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' '</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">nextRunTime</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">':'</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SubString</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>sched.<span style="color: #202020;">nextRunTime</span>, <span style="color: #000;">3</span>, <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'nextRunDate'</span>
      <span style="color: #008080;">/* Note: the sysjobschedules table refreshes every 20 min, 
        so nextRunDate may be out of date */</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Execute msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = '</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">Cast</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>job.<span style="color: #202020;">job_id</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">char</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">36</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">', @enabled = 0;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'disableScript'</span>
    , art.<span style="color: #202020;">avgRunTime</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'avgRunTime_inSec'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- in seconds</span>
    , <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>art.<span style="color: #202020;">avgRunTime</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> <span style="color: #000;">60</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'avgRunTime_inMin'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- convert to minutes</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">From</span> msdb.<span style="color: #202020;">dbo</span>.<span style="color: #202020;">sysjobs</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> job
Join myCTE <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> sched
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">On</span> job.<span style="color: #202020;">job_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sched.<span style="color: #202020;">job_id</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Left</span> Join @avgRunTime <span style="color: #0000FF;">As</span> art
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">On</span> job.<span style="color: #202020;">job_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> art.<span style="color: #202020;">job_id</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Where</span> job.<span style="color: #202020;">enabled</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- do not display disabled jobs</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">Order</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">By</span> nextRunDate;</pre></div></div>

<p>If this doesn&#8217;t do exactly what you want, check out <a href="http://sqlsoft.co.uk/sqljobvis.php" target="_blank">SQLJobVis</a>, which Ken recommended.  It&#8217;s a free tool that helps visualize the job history of SQL jobs.  </p>
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