2006-01-30 (first published: 2006-01-27)
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Miscellaneous
2006-01-31 (first published: 2006-01-27)
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2006-02-01 (first published: 2006-01-27)
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Encrypting Without Secrets
Do you have a Web site or other system that deals in secrets of any sort? It seems like every time I give a security talk, people ask how to deal with the sticky problem of storing secrets. Connection strings with passwords are an obvious problem. You're better off simply using integrated security to get rid of those secrets, at least with SQL Server™, or an Oracle database. But what about credit card numbers and other financial or personal information? Can encryption help?
2006-01-23
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sp_SearchObjectsAllDBs
Uses sp_ob by Saket Mittal to search all databases for objects of a like name. Examples: To search for a table named 'customer' : exec master..usp_SearchObjectsAllDBs @searchname = 'customer', @type = 'U' To search for a procedure named 'customer' : exec master..usp_SearchObjectsAllDBs @searchname = 'customer', @type = 'P'
2006-02-02 (first published: 2006-01-18)
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DES Encryption/Decryption Function
There is a great article on SQLServerCentral on an Extended Stored Procedure http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/mcoles/freeencryption.asp and this XP will undoubtedly perform better than my Function. However I had a need to encrypt a column in a shared hosted environment where I was not allowed to install XPs. Just copy script and paste into Query Analyzer
2007-06-26 (first published: 2006-01-12)
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Delete Old backup Files
The following script deletes files in the specified folder, older than specified no of days and outputs the details to the specified file location. I use this VB script to delete some old backup files those can't be deleted with the regular maintenance plans. All you need to do is to supply the backup folder […]
2006-01-20 (first published: 2006-01-11)
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MS Word VBA to Format T-SQL Text as Rich Text
This VBA script was written for MS Word. It formats the text and sets default colors for keywords. SQL 2005's Management Studio now does this by default but the previous Query Analyzer did not offer this functionality. This is useful if you prefer to print and review code from time to time (not recommended for […]
2006-01-23 (first published: 2006-01-11)
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Script Tbl Data to Insert Stmts. - Handles Unicode
Script Table Data to Insert Statements - Handles Unicode datatypes (nchar, nvarchar, ntext). This script works with SQL 2000 and has been improved to handle properly the nchar, nvarchar, and ntext data types for Unicode, as well as handle apostrophes in data correctly. Usage is to run the script to create the stored proc in […]
2006-01-24 (first published: 2006-01-11)
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List any Object In Any Database On Server
I found my self in a fimilar situation where I wanted to modify a table but was not sure how heavily it was used. So I started out with a script that just searched for a table. Then I tought to my self...self...What about all those times you want to expand a column or drop […]
2006-01-16 (first published: 2005-12-22)
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The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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