2012-08-01 (first published: 2008-02-15)
3,231 reads
Restore 2000 DB to 2005
This script was designed to restore a backup of a SQL Server 2000 database from disk file to SQL Server 2005.Unfortunatelly the RESTORE will leave land mines for you to find the hard way, this script was updated to fix all that I have found:Change CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ON, PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM, Compatibility level to 90, remove the […]
2007-09-14
4,532 reads
Overcome BCP limitations for output to CSV file
This is an example to overcome short comings when using BCP to create a 'proper' CSV file. The view vw_Customers_RAW is used in order to provide a method of creating the column heading row and to enclose columns with embedded comma with double quotes, which are not options in BCP. There are more generic methods […]
2006-07-03 (first published: 2006-06-29)
3,056 reads
Global System UDF to return ISO Date string
Updated for Permission assignment change 1/11/1006. Ok, I'll bet that you are asking, What is a Global System UDF, right? By Global I mean that the UDF is available from any database on the server. By System I mean that the two part naming rule does not apply to this scalar function. The UDF conversion […]
2006-01-26 (first published: 2005-06-10)
465 reads
Create Excel XLS from T-SQL
This is a T-SQL script that uses OLE, ADO, Jet4 ISAM, and Linked Server to create and populate an Excel Workbook (XLS) file from T-SQL query. If the Excel Worksheet exists, the query will append to the "table". The code is designed to be used by SQL Agent and to append to the step output […]
2006-01-18 (first published: 2003-04-24)
13,536 reads
Blocked Process script for deadlock correction
This script was created to find an application problem that was causing SQL Server blocked processes. The BlockedProcess table is created to log both the blocker and blocked processes. The sp_BlockedProcess stored procedure is created to handle the situation by: inserting all processes affected by the blocking, notifying the blocking application user, emailing the admins […]
2005-12-01 (first published: 2005-06-30)
4,209 reads
Get Column Lists script
This is a script like Column_Gitter by Rick Bolin (RickInMesa), it differs in the fact that it does not use cursors, it optionally adds the table name, it handles UDDT (User Defined Data Types) properly, and handles the new SQL Server 2000 datatypes.Usage: Open this script in QA, Change QA to the desired Database, Edit […]
2003-09-24
733 reads
List of all tables in DB, with row count sp
This stored procedure will list all user tables in the current database, along with the number of rows in the table. This version uses dynamic SQL to retrieve the number of rows, to overcome the need for an index on all tables. I use this to document legacy databases, I find that they may have […]
2003-04-24
742 reads
Restore DB from Disk File script
This script was designed to restore a backup of a production database from disk file, handle multiple DB files, move the files to new location, with new database name that is customized for the date of the backup, create any missing logins, and fix any user accounts that are orphaned by differing SIDs from the […]
2003-04-24
1,078 reads
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