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Find Database Schema and Objects Changes

This procedure will execute, taking two parameters, (the 2 db names, and will then list out the major object and schema changes for you. It is pretty sraight forward and suggestions are appreciated. It's a good utility for a DBA to track changes after upgrades, etc.. Each portion is easily convertable to a stand alone […]

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2004-08-02 (first published: )

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FormatDate - Mimics the VB Format routine for date

I don't remember where I found this little gem, but as a VB Developer it has simplified retrieving  dates on many projects. Simply pass the function a datetime value and the format that you want in VB style syntax and the date is properly returned. I have modified it slightly from the original author (who […]

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2004-07-23 (first published: )

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Grant Execute Permissions to All Procedures

This procedures grants execute permissions to all the stored procedures in a database to the role/user supplied as the parameter. the default is Execute_StoredProcedure. Execute this procedure local to the database you need to grant permissions.

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2004-07-22 (first published: )

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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.

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2002-06-06

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Query to Display Trigger Status

Ever wanted to know whether your triggers are enabled or not? The ObjectProperty command allows you to select information about the status of objects in your database, returning 1 for True and 0 for False. The example below determines whether a single trigger is disabled. SELECT ObjectProperty(object_id('Trigger_Name'), 'ExecIsTriggerDisabled') There are a number of other useful […]

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2001-10-28

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Deprecated Feature Tracking

From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?

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