An easy script that gives you the information of all non-system databases, its size and all the configuration options that you can get individually with DATABASEPROPERTYEX function.
2005-09-01 (first published: 2005-08-25)
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Many users during the process of insert or update get the following warning issued by SQL ServerWarning: The table 'TABLE NAME' has been created but its maximum row size (XXXX) exceeds the maximum number of bytes per row (8060). INSERT or UPDATE of a row in this table will fail if the resulting row length […]
2005-09-02 (first published: 2005-08-25)
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We recently published an article about logic in the database about how you might structure the TSQL code in your SQL Server and decide what goes inside the database. New author Mike Dillon brings us a response to that article and some ideas about how you might make those decisions.
2005-08-23
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This procedure will COPY an Enterprise Manager SINGLE DIAGRAM object between databases on a given SQL Server.This procedure takes in a source DB name, a Dest DB name, and the Diagram name.(Exec diagram_copy 'SOURCE_DB', 'DEST_DB', 'DIAGRAM NAME')This procedure DOES NOT have to be placed in either of the databases, you may run it from a […]
2005-08-25 (first published: 2005-08-22)
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I made this Query because we fix databases localy on a workstation (we have no sql server) but when backup up the server they need to be deleted localy that could sometimes take a while.U can run this Query from the QA or ad it as a Job it's possible to run it from an […]
2005-08-26 (first published: 2005-08-19)
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We've spent quite some time investigating career issues for SQL Server DBAs lately. I've received quite a few emails from friends on their adventures in interviewing and now Sean McCown shares an experience he had interviewing a few prospective DBAs.
2005-08-18
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Encryption in SQL Server is difficult to implement and manage, but it is being required more and more often. However understanding what encryption means is as important as being able to manage and implement it. Michael Coles brings us part 2 in his series on explaining the mysteries behind cryptography.
2005-08-17
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Whether you write TSQL code or front end VB code against your SQL Server, it pays to have some good development practices that make your life easier. Jonathan Stokes has written a good article showing some of the good practices you should use.
2005-08-15
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Based on Ramesh Kondaparthy's script (Script to Generate DataDictionary for Database, posted 8/5/2005), I made a few format changes and included a few more columns.I modified Ramesh's script so that I could copy the result and paste it into Word as the beginning of a Data Dictionary document. (Hint: Once you've pasted the result into […]
2006-03-01 (first published: 2005-08-12)
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Pads a string on either with either leading or trailing characters. You specify the direction, the tolal string length and the character to pad with.Error conditions return null
2005-08-19 (first published: 2005-08-10)
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If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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