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Find a string in DB objects.

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Find a string in Procedures, Triggers, Constraints, Defaults, Functions, and Views. First off this will not work for any items that have the WITH ENCRYPTION remark in them. With this is can pose a string such as 'INSERT' against all the 'P'rocedures to get a return of which Procedures have an INSERT statment in them […]

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2002-02-21

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Auto generate sp's for any table * usp_create_sps

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If you've ever been stuck having to write stored procedures to support an application, check this script out.  This script will automatically generate seperate parameter driven select, insert, delete, and update stored procedures.  Simply call these stored procedures from your application, passing parameters.  This stored procedure requires only one parameter; table name.  Creates scripts with […]

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2002-02-21

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UPDATED hx_IdentityColumnAdvanced

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That is a good script but with a little problem. It shows 1 less table than in the schema. Its not a script from me so I have not changed the contributor's name.The only change is I have made is moved FETCH NEXT statement at the end of the loop and removed IF @@FETCH_STATUS = […]

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2002-02-18

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Analyze Space Used for each Table

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The following batchfile demonstrates how to use Windows command extension to extract the values of sp_spaceused for each table in the database. The output of sp_spaceused itself contains strings that do not get easily analyzed. The batch file extracts the numbers and outputs the sizes for each table in the database.Copy the batchfile to a […]

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2002-02-18

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DATEMY - Covnerts and validates MM/YY, MM/YYYY

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If you've ever needed a convenient and quick way to convert/validate what could possibly be a mm/yy or mm/yyyy date to mm/dd/yyyy (date of month is 01) check out this custom function.  Eg:  select dbo.datemy('04/02') outputs smalldatetime '2002-04-01 00:00:00'.  Select dbo.datemy('04/2002') outputs the same smalldatetime '2002-04-01 00:00:00'.

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2002-02-15

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Rename User Login

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You can effectively rename a user account but as this is messing wit the system tables I would suggest dropping and adding the user back. But for those of you who really want to know how here it is.First off I tested this and it works fine renaming a user. However this is directly modifying […]

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2002-02-14

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Send notifications on job STEP failures (trigger)

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Have you ever wanted to have SQL note a failure on a step, yet continue running the job.  I found it to be annoying that you have to fail (and end) a job in order to send a message to an operator.  I have processes that run at off times, I want to know when […]

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2002-02-13

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