Category Archives: Programming

jQuery Toggle Firing Twice

When trying to toggle an element on a page using jQuery, you might have the toggle happen multiple times. In other words, you click the event listening element (such as a link) and the element you want to toggle expands and collapses, then once more expands and collapses. Obviously, this is not the effect we… Read More »

sp_who2 Alternative (T-SQL, SQL Server)

The trusty "sp_who2" is a quick way to look at what’s happening on your SQL instance, but completely lacks the ability to filter using a WHERE clause. You may have to manually sift through hundreds of results to find what you need. Never fear. This quick script gives you the same basic output that sp_who2… Read More »

PowerShell With Uptime – Getting Days Only

There is a handy and free tool to check your system's uptime called "Uptime".  (Clever, no?)  It can be downloaded at http://uptimeexe.codeplex.com. While it is very easy to use (just navigate to it in a command window and type "uptime"), it doesn't give much of an option for formatting the output to include only the days.  So, a… Read More »

Removing SSMS Boost

SSMS Boost is an add-on for SQL Server Management Studio.  I used it for quite some time but I got tired of using it as freeware.  The reason SSMSBoost as freeware didn't work for me was because they require that you continually re-download the new version and re-register every 120 days, otherwise it renders your existing… Read More »

TempDB Reporting Incorrect File Size

So what happens when you run a query to check TempDB file sizes and SQL tells you that each file is 101 MB, but when you look in the file system, they’re actually a 45 GB each? Also, when you try to shrink the file, the shrink file dialog window shows free space as a… Read More »