Are you ready for Data Warehouses?

Data warehousing is being used more and more everyday and longtime data warehouse DBA Janet Wong brings us a short look at
her first project and some thoughts about warehousing in general.

Send SMS from a trigger

List of stored procedures which refer a DB table

It used to find stored procedures where a DB has been used.

J2EE and SQL Server: Making a JDBC Connection

Using a SQL Server back end with a Java application server may sound like an unnatural proposition but there's no need to bow to such arbitrary limitations. In this article you'll get step-by-step instructions on making a JDBC connection between the four most popular Java application servers and Microsoft SQL Server.

Returning a Comma Delimited string

One of the small quirks of SQL is that it can add each row to a variable.In the most common case, this is used to generate a comma delimited list.The script shows how to do this wiht a scalar function, so that multiple rows are returned.The script shows calculating the column sum the hard way […]

SQL Server 2005: Script all Indexes

Since it is not possible to script all existing indexes with the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, here a small script to do this.

Using SMS 2003 SQL Views to Create Custom Reports

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Reporting uses Microsoft SQL Server views to provide access to data from the tables in the SMS site SQL database and to offer an efficient reporting option. The SMS site SQL database contains a large collection of information about the network, computers, users, user groups, and many other components of the computing environment. This database also contains objects that represent SMS items such as advertisements, packages, queries, reports, and status messages.

Maintenance Plan Cleanup Proc

If you use 2 different maintenance plans (one for full-recovery databases and one for simple-mode databases) this proc can help keep the databases in the right plan. You can schedule this as a job and if anyone changes the recovery mode of a database or adds/removes a database, this proc will ensure that the changes […]

List of RTA numbers based on the lucky number you

Using this procedure you can get the list of 4 digit number and the sum of those 4 digits is equal to your given input number. its helpful when you choose your RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) Vehicle number.Input For this procedure: Single Digit Number (May be your luck number)Output From this procedure: it gives the […]

Running a Query Using a Text File for Input

When automating administrative actions for SQL Server, there are a number of ways to handle the workflow. Longtime SQL Server DBA Roy Carlson brings us a technique for using a text file as input to the standard SQL Server tools.