Who’s My Agent?
Alright, I’m not famous, even though I share the name of a famous Jazz pianist. So, obviously I am NOT...
2011-02-23
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Dynamically script Create Database For Attach For All Databases
Modified version of a script that can be found at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Contributions/InstallEditor
2010-05-20 (first published: 2009-05-07)
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Dynamically getting mail profile for sp_send_dbmail
I have found that I like to generate a script once and roll it out to multiple servers at the same time. SQL Server 2008 Management Studio makes that fairly easy by allowing one window to connect to multiple instances simultaneously
2009-01-27
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Blog: Disabling Log Shipping When the Secondary Server Doesn't Exist
Had a bit of an oddity show up during some testing today when trying to disable log shipping on the primary server using SSMS. My test scenario was such that our secondary server was not available any longer (had been renamed) and when I tried to disable the log shipping...
2009-01-22
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Monitor Object Changes
Based on post http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forum/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=4349 I decided to write this script which will check for object changes in all databases and send an email listing the objects changed to the Operator associated with the job. This by no means offsets the need to restrict change access to objects in production, but in those cases when you […]
2002-05-23
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Monitor File Growth - Set Based sp_MSforeachdb
This is a script, similar to some you have seen in the past, that will monitor file growth on all databases for the given server. This script is not a fancy solution that has a tons of bells and whistles but, it is efficient. The script is a concantanation of the create table / populate […]
2001-12-21
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Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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