this code encrypts all stored procedures that meet a certain format. this code is easy to change to suit your particular needs, but be sure to back up your stored procs first.   Read more...

Query to save all index metadata  Read more...

This Script has been build to list all the tables in a database without using a cursor.   Read more...

Often during the development phase one is required to truncate a table. often the task of removing foreign key references is necessary to truncate. this sp takes the pain out of it.  Read more...

i have recently had the need to search the every database on the server for a particular string. i came up with this... it has lots of room for improvement but it works  Read more...

Tagging has become a new hot action for many people on the Internet, especially in the Web 2.0 social networking world. Steve Jones comes to a revelation about tagging and metadata.  Read more...

Tagging has become a new hot action for many people on the Internet, especially in the Web 2.0 social networking world. Steve Jones comes to a revelation about tagging and metadata.  Read more...

Tagging has become a new hot action for many people on the Internet, especially in the Web 2.0 social networking world. Steve Jones comes to a revelation about tagging and metadata.  Read more...

Tagging has become a new hot action for many people on the Internet, especially in the Web 2.0 social networking world. Steve Jones comes to a revelation about tagging and metadata.  Read more...

One of the issues I often face is the need to find views that are already established for certain tables. This maybe for other developers, end users or even for myself. I could search the system tables to find this or explore each view, but are there other ways to easily find a list of all tables that are used for a view or even a list of all views that a table is tied to?  Read more...

this code encrypts all stored procedures that meet a certain format. this code is easy to change to suit your particular needs, but be sure to back up your stored procs first.   Read more...

Often during the development lifecycle columns are added to tables that become redundant or remain unused. this script removes unused (empty) columns  Read more...

use metadata to generate basic create procedure statements for insert update and select  Read more...

How to author stored procedures that use temp tables, so they work with tools such as SSIS and Crystal Reports.  Read more...

I have made an update of this script http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Metadata/64603/. the new version includes can generate 4 stored procedures for every table in a database  Read more...

This script lists all foreign keys with parent and child table information  Read more...

Quick way to get all users on all Databases  Read more...

When searching meta-data to find an occurance of a particular string or pattern it is difficult to look everywhere. This procedure helps you find what you are looking for.  Read more...

How to author stored procedures that use temp tables, so they work with tools such as SSIS and Crystal Reports.  Read more...

When searching meta-data to find an occurance of a particular string or pattern it is difficult to look everywhere. This procedure helps you find what you are looking for.  Read more...

One of the issues I often face is the need to find views that are already established for certain tables. This maybe for other developers, end users or even for myself. I could search the system tables to find this or explore each view, but are there other ways to easily find a list of all tables that are used for a view or even a list of all views that a table is tied to?  Read more...