2010-08-05 (first published: 2009-11-25)
7,239 reads
2011-11-22 (first published: 2008-03-19)
5,882 reads
Get SQL code Blocking and Blocked procs + Notif
This script was created to Identify Query string that is blocked and the one that is blocking with a datetime reference. These information is stored in a history table.It also sends a mail notification without using SQL Mail
2005-04-28 (first published: 2005-04-15)
1,191 reads
Return the Count of Weekday in a period
Two Method for Return the Count of Weekday between two date!
2004-09-30
296 reads
Database File(s) Growth Notification
This stored proc notify the user(s) if the data/log file grew. When you execute it for the first time it will get the data/log files sizes and inserts in a table. Next time when you run the script if will compare the current size with the previous files size. This script must need sqlmail configured […]
2003-11-07
1,489 reads
Files MaxSize
A Procedure send Alert by E-Mail about allfiles with option "Restrict File Growth" ifavailable space less then 10%.
2003-02-24
325 reads
Simple email with CDONTS
Here is a strait forward script that allows you to use CDONTS to send email. Note that the Subject, From, CC and BCC are all optional parameters. Because it uses a fully qualified path, this procedure can live in any database on the server. CDONTS will need to be installed on the server.
2002-06-06
701 reads
Sending mail using CDONTS and Sql Server
This stored procedure can be used to send mail through CDONTS and SQL Server. It resides in the Master database and accepts email addresses and subjects with a maximum of 50 characters and a body with a maximum of 500 characters. (You can increase or decrease these according to your requirements.) For this stored procedure […]
2002-06-03
2,165 reads
SQL Mail Stop and Start
Since SQL Mail periodically stops working and the simplefix is to stop and start it, this script does just that.It can be scheduled to run as a task as often as desiredusing an ISQL command (e.g. isql -U sa -P -i "e:\dba\mailstopstart.sql" -o "e:\dba\mailstopstart.out")or as a stored procedure. It has been tested on SQL 6.5 […]
2002-05-16
1,177 reads
Email using CDONTS (via smtp)
Here is a very basic example script for sending emails via CDONTS. This comes from the sqlmag web-site forum. Although fine, remember that it will use the local SMTP server to forward emails onto the destination user. If your servers smtp process can not reach an exchange/group-wise/other mail box on your network, then this code […]
2001-08-09
3,570 reads
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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