This procedure will display the rows, reserved, data, index and unused space used in KB for all user tables in the database. The idea is to call sp_spaceused repeatedly. Limitation: certain versions of sp_spaceused will truncate the table name to 20 characters.Speed will depend on current activity level and locking in the database. It will […]
2002-03-14
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This stored procedure will list all the tables and columns in a given database. Usage: spro_ListAllColumns @dbname = 'Northwind'.
2002-02-28
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This script creates a stored procedure that you can call to get the record count for every table in a particular database. It uses the sp_MSforeachtable system stored procedure and a temp table.
2002-02-25
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An update to sp_spaceused2. This update fixes some problems related to dbs that are non-accessible such being offline. This stored proc can be run from any database when compiled in master and can report information on all databases at once. Get information on all dbs, one db, one db and all its tables or one […]
2002-02-19
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This script runs from the master database and records all the databases on the server. It then checks each database for users and records their name and the database(s) on which they have access. You can then create a nice cross tab report using any report designer (I used crystal) showing users on the databases […]
2002-02-11
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This is an updated scripts with some useful modification for the script submitted by Seshu Kanuri
2002-02-07
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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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This script will change the owner of the stored procedure to dbo. It must be run in the same database as the stored procedures.
2001-10-28
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Ever wanted to know whether your triggers are enabled or not? The ObjectProperty command allows you to select information about the status of objects in your database, returning 1 for True and 0 for False. The example below determines whether a single trigger is disabled. SELECT ObjectProperty(object_id('Trigger_Name'), 'ExecIsTriggerDisabled') There are a number of other useful […]
2001-10-28
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Ever wanted to get rid of users who are sitting idle for long periods of time? Here's a script that removes spids idle for a variable period of time.
2001-10-03
4,515 reads
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