This article shows you one of the most time saving stored procedure built into SQL Server and then shows you how you can modify it to affect additional objects like triggers. For example, after this article and the code in the article, you'll be able to disable every trigger in your system in one line of code.
2002-06-17
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This stored procedure loops through each user defined Foreign Key and performs an action on that FK, like disabling them or printing its name. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp. .Shortened version of the usage (there are […]
2002-06-14
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This stored procedure loops through each view and performs an action on that stored procedure, like printing the records or running an sp_help. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp.Shortened version of the usage (there are a lot […]
2002-06-14
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This stored procedure loops through each trigger and performs an action on that trigger , like disabling or printing it. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp. Shortened version of the usage (there are a lot more parameters […]
2002-06-14
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This stored procedure loops through each view and performs an action on that view, like counting or printing the records. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp. Shortened version of the usage (there are a lot more parameters […]
2002-06-14
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If you haven't changed the SA password on your SQL Server, you may be soon paying the price. Beginning last week, an old worm has come back in full force, infecting about 100 SQL Servers an hour. Reports of heavy port 1433 scanning began in early may but by the 22nd, the virus really began to take its hold on systems with no SA password.
2002-05-28
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Sample script header to use to describe a stored procedure. This is a piece of the one I use but needs modification for each environment.
2002-04-04
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This article is a case study of a performance problem at SQLServerCentral.com with our FAQ area using text columns. This will show you how to use the TEXT IN ROW feature built into SQL Server 2000 to improve the performance of these columns.
2002-04-01
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SP_WASTED_SPACE will run through each column in your database and print a report of all the character columns. It will then print a report with :* The maximum length that a column is storing* The average length of data stored in each column* The amount of wasted space in each column* Hints on how to […]
2002-03-14
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Happy Holidays database administrators! As a parting present before you go home for your year-end break, Microsoft has announced a security problem in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000.
2001-12-24
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I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers