Inspired by a post here at SQLServerCentral, I wrote this function to calculate the number of days between two dates that are weekdays. In order to achieve this I used a common SQL table that contains a sequence of number for 1 to X. This was used as an input to the datediff function, and […]
2004-12-24 (first published: 2004-12-07)
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The Script outputs all the indexes in the Database.I have used the sp_helpIndex system stored procedure here to retrieve all the indexes available for the Table . This is extremely useful in identifying all the indexes in a database in a single query
2004-12-22 (first published: 2004-11-18)
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SQL SCRIPT TO AUDIT THE PERMISSIONS FOR OBJECTS IN A DATABASE.
2004-12-21 (first published: 2004-12-06)
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Here is another variation of processing multiple records with a single procedure call but allowing for set processing.The helper functions make use of the sequencetable pattern. These helper functions can be used to parse strings into records, so one gets a list, or simply return the nth field.There are two functions that will parse into […]
2004-12-17 (first published: 2004-11-05)
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This script creates a stored proc that was intended to run from a trigger on the master..sysdatabases for each database creation. Alas. It will create three jobs for each database you apply it to. First, it'll create a job to run a full backup each Sun, at 5am (see below). Those backups will be retained […]
2004-12-16 (first published: 2004-11-11)
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Add this procedure to the master database, it can then be executed from any DB to fix orphaned users (very useful when moving back to development). Using sp_msforeachdb with the proc allows you to resolve orphaned users in all databases in a single command: SP_MSFOREACHDB "USE ?; EXEC SP_AUTOFIX_USERS;"
2004-12-15 (first published: 2004-11-12)
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This script creates a table named DATELOOKUP which is used for looking up date related values. Each record represents date related info about the date in the column dtDate. For example the iMonth column stores the integer value of the month of dtDate and sShortMonth stores the abbreviated name of that same month. Use this […]
2004-12-13 (first published: 2004-11-17)
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This SP takes a string to be searched as input parameter, loops through all tables, views, Sp-s in the database andreturns the name of the object it was found and number of occurences
2004-12-10 (first published: 2004-08-18)
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Simple script (alterable as needed) to verify existence of a file and execute a job if the return result = 1 (true)
2004-12-08 (first published: 2004-10-29)
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Updated Where_Am_I script to add database. This way you can park it in your master db and call it anytime you need it for another project/db.
2004-12-07 (first published: 2004-10-29)
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