Master of None

There are tons of thing in this world that I really don’t understand. SQL Server XQuery is just one of those just out of reach.  Poking around trying to answer a question for a developer, I found the following XML script examples. Teh writer provides excellent explanations and examples. Immediately found the right path(pun intended) to go down.  I so wished my brain worked this way!

XQuery Labs – A Collection of XQuery Sample Scripts

Jun 26 2008 3:41PM by Jacob Sebastian   

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A coworker shared this awesome script to monitor backup and restore operation progress. I am not sure of the origin, but is definitely has become an essential member of my SQL scripts folder.

Works on SQL 2005  – SQL2008 R2.  Not tested on SQL 2012.

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