declare @Table sysname
set @Table=’tblTest’  –Insert your tablename here

declare @sql nvarchar(max)

;with DesiredColumns as
(
select ColSeq=c.column_id
,ColName=c.name
,TypeName=t.name
,TypeAlign=case
when t.name in (‘bigint’,'int’,'tinyint’,'numeric’,'decimal’,'float’,'money’,'smallmoney’)
then N’right’
else N’left’
end
,ConvertCode=case
when t.name in (‘datetime’,'smalldatetime’,'datetime2′)
then N’121′
when t.name in (‘money’,'smallmoney’)
then N’2′
else N’0′
end
from sys.columns c
join sys.types t on c.system_type_id=t.system_type_id
where c.object_id=object_id(@Table)
and t.name not in (‘timestamp’,'image’,'sql_variant’,'xml’)
)
select @sql=N’select ”<table border=1>” ‘
+N’union all ‘
+N’select (select ‘+stuff((select N’,[*]=””’
+N’,[th/@align]=”’+TypeAlign+””
+N’,[th]=”’+ColName+””
from DesiredColumns
order by ColSeq
for xml path(”),type).value(‘(./text())[1]‘,’nvarchar(max)’)
,1,8,N”)
+N’        for xml path(”tr”)) ‘
+N’union all ‘
+N’select (select ‘+stuff((select N’,[*]=””’
+N’,[td/@align]=”’+TypeAlign+””
+N’,[td]=convert(nvarchar(255),’
+ColName+N’,’
+ConvertCode+N’)’
from DesiredColumns
order by ColSeq
for xml path(”),type).value(‘(./text())[1]‘,’nvarchar(max)’)
,1,8,N”)
+N’        for xml path(”tr”)) ‘
+N’from ‘+@Table+’ ‘
+N’union all ‘
+N’select ”</table>” ‘
select @sql
exec (@sql)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd894051.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/tags/Data+Compression/default.aspx

Improving Performance with SQL Server 2008 Indexed Views

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd171921.aspx

Designing Indexed Views

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187864(v=SQL.100).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms345414

http://sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/post/8-Steps-to-better-Transaction-Log-throughput.aspx

http://explainextended.com/2009/07/16/inner-join-vs-cross-apply/

http://www.sqlteam.com/article/using-cross-apply-in-sql-server-2005

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/alexander_kuznetsov/archive/2009/07/07/using-cross-apply-to-optimize-joins-on-between-conditions.aspx

DECLARE @Shifts VARCHAR(20) = ”

SELECT @Shifts=@Shifts+S.[Name]+’,’
FROM HumanResources.Shift S
ORDER BY EndTime

SELECT @Shifts

The variable is declared to hold the string. Since we cannot concatenate with NULL we initially assigned blank value to variable .

Be sql server 2008 we have to declare a variable and assign it separately using set or select
DECLARE @AddressLine1 VARCHAR(60)

SET @AddressLine1=’Heiderplatz’

SELECT *
FROM Person.[Address]
WHERE AddressLine1 LIKE ‘%’+@AddressLine1+’%’

In Sql server 2008 we can directly assign value to variable when it is declared.

DECLARE @AddressLine1 VARCHAR(60)=’Heiderplatz’

SELECT *
FROM Person.[Address]
WHERE AddressLine1 LIKE ‘%’+@AddressLine1+’%’

DECLARE @IxTable sysname
DECLARE @IxTableID INT
DECLARE @IxName sysname
DECLARE @FGName sysname
DECLARE @IxID INT

– Loop through all indexes
OPEN cIX
FETCH NEXT FROM cIX INTO @IxTable, @IxTableID, @IxName, @IxID, @FGName
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
DECLARE @IXSQL NVARCHAR(4000)
SET @IXSQL = ‘CREATE ‘

– Check if the index is unique
IF (INDEXPROPERTY(@IxTableID, @IxName, ‘IsUnique’) = 1)
SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ‘UNIQUE ‘
– Check if the index is clustered
IF (INDEXPROPERTY(@IxTableID, @IxName, ‘IsClustered’) = 1)
SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ‘CLUSTERED ‘

SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ‘INDEX ‘ + @IxName + ‘ ON ‘ + @IxTable + ‘(‘

– Get all columns of the index
DECLARE cIxColumn CURSOR FOR
SELECT SC.Name
FROM sys.index_columns IC
JOIN sys.columns SC ON IC.Object_ID = SC.Object_ID AND IC.Column_ID = SC.Column_ID
WHERE IC.Object_ID = @IxTableID AND Index_ID = @IxID
ORDER BY IC.key_ordinal

DECLARE @IxColumn sysname
DECLARE @IxFirstColumn BIT SET @IxFirstColumn = 1

– Loop throug all columns of the index and append them to the CREATE statement
OPEN cIxColumn
FETCH NEXT FROM cIxColumn INTO @IxColumn
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
IF (@IxFirstColumn = 1)
SET @IxFirstColumn = 0
ELSE
SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ‘, ‘

SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + @IxColumn

FETCH NEXT FROM cIxColumn INTO @IxColumn
END
CLOSE cIxColumn
DEALLOCATE cIxColumn

SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ‘)’ + ‘on ‘+ @FGName
– Print out the CREATE statement for the index
PRINT @IXSQL
PRINT ‘GO’

FETCH NEXT FROM cIX INTO @IxTable, @IxTableID, @IxName, @IxID, @FGName
END

CLOSE cIX
DEALLOCATE cIX

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Miscellaneous/31893/