Really simple... it returns a list of stored procedure names that contain the passed in string. Useful for finding all stored procedures that call another specified stored procedure. Call with the following command: exec usp_functions_findinUSP @str='sp_lastmodified'
2001-10-08
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A fast way to get a quick look at all the log sizes and space used in a real time fashion.
2001-09-25
2,549 reads
Copies mdf files located in a directory on a client and attaches them to the connected server. This is the winning solution to the contest that was presented in an article posted at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/reattachingdatabases-somecodeandacontest!.asp. That article shows how to do the same thing using DMO. Wynn Muse is the author of this stored procedure.
2001-09-23
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This SP checks the path where SQL Server is installed, and then lists all the .mdf and .ldf files. Also list the quantity of tables, views, sp, xp and users on the given database.
2001-09-10
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Creates the backup devices where sql server is installed, creates an error message above 50001, an alert, and an adittional job in case the scripts fails. In the first time backups all databases and then backups the logs until two days past from the last full backup. Then backups the databases again and so on. […]
2001-09-07
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A simple stored procedure that only shows the user tables. It is like sp_tables but fixed to give a simpler vision of the tables.
2001-09-07
1,670 reads
This script creates a stored procedure that shows you a list of all the users that are locking objects on the database with mode X. It shows a full and detailed description on the user and object locked.
2001-09-06
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Do OLAP tools shortchange users with time-varying data? This article by Seth Grimes looks at some of the problems with OLAP tools.
2001-09-06
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An interesting question and one that The OLAP Report attempts to answer. This article is an analysis of what the increasingly misused OLAP term is supposed to mean.
2001-09-05
1,422 reads
The User_Defined_Functions.exe file contains the User-Defined Functions white paper. The User-Defined functions white paper outlines the characteristics of the new user-defined function (UDF) feature that is introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The white paper also summarizes how you can create your own Transact-SQL functions to extend the programmability of Transact-SQL.
2001-08-31
2,233 reads
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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