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Generate Delete Stored Procedure

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This procedure will generate a delete stored procedure against a provided table and column name in your database.  It will search for foriegn key constraints and create a delete statement for each one found in the database.  The procedure has three parameters:@table_name nvarchar(128) = the name of the source table@column_name nvarchar(128) = the name of […]

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2002-04-22

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Script to list all user and roles

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This script list all the users defined for each database on the server, it give the database name, the login name and the role defined.Its use full to have quick view of witch users are dbo on witch databaseEnsure that you have the result in grid in query analyzer, and just cut and paste the […]

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2002-04-18

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Script Generator for Triggers

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This Stored Procedure creates the script of all existing triggersOptionally it creates the script to drop the triggers too.Triggers may belong to different owners. This procedure takes care of it.In SQLServer Enterprise Manager there is a facility to generate scripts forTables, Views, Stored Procedures etc.But it won't generate script for triggers unless we include the […]

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2002-03-27

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Detect the Amount of Wasted Data Space in a Table for 2000

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SP_WASTED_SPACE will run through each column in your database and print a report of all the character columns. It will then print a report with :* The maximum length that a column is storing* The average length of data stored in each column* The amount of wasted space in each column* Hints on how to […]

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2002-03-14

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How Long is a Long I/O?

In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?

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