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 […]
2004-08-02 (first published: 2004-07-16)
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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 […]
2004-07-23 (first published: 2004-06-24)
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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.
2004-07-22 (first published: 2004-06-21)
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For lazy folks who want to use 'sp_force_shrink_log' in all dbs. This script depends on 'sp_force_shrink_log' already existing.
2002-08-20
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This script creates a stored procedure to shrink the transaction log in the database it is created in. The stored procedure shrinks each transaction log file in the database, to the size specified.
2002-07-14
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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
710 reads
Generates a XML document containing metadata on a specified table. Table name is provided to the procedure.
2002-03-13
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This is an updated scripts with some useful modification for the script submitted by Seshu Kanuri
2002-02-07
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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 […]
2001-10-28
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