I couldn't find a solid script for this so I put this together. It creates the database EXACTLY as it was with growth and proper file groups.
2008-12-18 (first published: 2008-11-14)
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This is based on Clint Herring's work and was better than what I was using ;). It has one user definded variable @path that is where to store the files generated. It will make one file per database and one master file to restore all user permissions into that database. Used mostly for DR and […]
2005-03-30 (first published: 2004-05-25)
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Updated! Now supports both SQL Litespeed and native backup commands in one script! Several new bug fixes please see the header of the script. Error messages to add are now at the bottom of the script! This stored procedure will backup a single database or all databases it will also perform ether a full, diff, […]
2004-10-26 (first published: 2004-05-27)
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usp_restore - This will restore a backup performed with SQL LiteSpeed from DBAssocatesIT or by the standard backup database routines in SQL Server Please check below the declarations to find the user settable options for this script If the target database is currently in a loading status or cannot be read from this restore it […]
2004-10-25 (first published: 2004-05-27)
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I wrote this to backup to a network share you can set the backup to spool to the local disk first then it will move it to another drive or to a unc just fine. Directory to hold and move to are not optional but if you set them to the same path it won't […]
2004-09-06 (first published: 2004-05-27)
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This is a script I use to watch for blocking chains on a server there are four variables to be set. @Duration tells it how long to run. This will be an active thread for the duration. @IntervalSec how often to poll for blocking. @maxwaittime time in miliseconds a thread that is blocked that you […]
2004-09-01 (first published: 2004-05-25)
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This generates all user stored procedures in all databases to aid in QA loads and DR situations. No OLE or DMO. has one configureable variable @path for storing the scripts. Also generates an osql script to run for each database.
2004-08-31 (first published: 2004-05-25)
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Captures all SQL Logins at the server level with password and spid unchanged into a sql script. Nothing fancy just needed it to do a server move and load into QA.
2004-05-25
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This is a little script I wrote before I saw Steve Jones write up on Tame Those Strings Part 7. This is a slightly diffent approach. It will take a string up to 255 chars and case every word first letter upper and the rest of the word lower. This ain't the best way but […]
2003-02-20
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Here we go again. This is the last in my backup series that I use to do backups of the databases. As far as I know this should only kick out errors when there really is one. This stored procedure is designed to take 4 parameters @bksrv : This is the name or the IP […]
2001-09-06
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