Library of Useful (Difficult) SQL scripts [closed]

Answer 1

Here is another link for SQL Server: best practices - dozens of script examples

http://www.sqlusa.com/bestpractices2005/

Answer 2

Riffing off the Celko answer: SQL For Smarties. This has great in depth chapters that will augment the SQL Puzzles book. Also there is another Celko book I just learned of named Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties.

Answer 3

Here are a few that I find very useful:

• SQL Server Best Practices - Microsoft SQL Server White Papers and Best Practices
• vyaskn - A mixture of articles From DBA to Developer
• Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization
• SQLServerCentral Scripts - Scripts for most most DBA tasks and more
• Script Repository: SQL Server 2005 - TechNet Script Center
• Scripts and Tools for Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005
• SQL Server Query Processing Team - Hardcore advice from the MS SQL optimisation team
• Common Solutions for T-SQL Problems
• Davide Mauri's Index Scripts

Answer 4

You may find this wiki on LessThanDot useful, for the most part, it is by Denis Gobo, Microsoft SQL MVP.

EDIT: The wiki includes 100+ SQL Server Programming Hacks, the list is, I think, too long to include here, however, there is a comprehensive index.

Also available from the same site: SQL Server Admin Hacks.

Answer 5

directly from MS Script Repository: SQL Server 2005: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/sql/sql2005/default.mspx?mfr=true

Nigel's very usefull stuff: http://www.nigelrivett.net/#TransactSQL