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detect different datatypes

-  a simple and handy script that finds what differences might exists between the fields in your database that have the same name.I was wondering why my execution plans where different  for tables with the same  field names and the same indexes,statistics etc... because the syetem was converting my fields in the WHERE statement. -  […]

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2003-06-08

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blocked  and blocker  spid and details

2 steps:step 1 => create   a table in master database called BlockCheckstep 2 =>  create the stored procedure in master  called  BLOCK_CHECK @database_name varchar(20)What SP  does:-    it gets the  spid that is blocked  + info about it (like what it does  at the moment  it is blocked)-    it gets the spid  that  acts as a […]

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2003-06-05

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