Many of us have SQL Servers at work that we learn on, test with work, etc. But getting your own SQL Server for a website can be a tricky thing. Especially on a budget. Or maybe your company wants to have their website hosted. Before you spend any hard earned money, read this two part series by Jon Reade on what to look for when setting up a SQL Server hosting company.
2005-04-19
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This script allows you to specify a method and a server (or multiple servers.) It will then execute the method on every database on the server. With very minor tweaking you could have it search for the servers, then call the server db script with each one, or add another nesting to call tables or […]
2005-04-27 (first published: 2005-04-14)
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Probably, many of you know this trick, but I thought it might be useful to people who doesn't know it. This script, when run in query analyzer with text output selected, simply creates property methods code. This example is written for creating property methods for c#. But you can modify it for any language. The […]
2006-02-28 (first published: 2005-04-14)
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Compile in master. Set your QA output to text. When run from the db of interest it generates checksum select statements for each user table in the db composed of the PK columns and a checksum for all columns excluding text, ntext, image and sql-variant. There are no parameters. Modify for your own use. Save […]
2005-12-19 (first published: 2005-04-14)
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Ever been paged while out with your family for some SQL Server problem that had you cutting an evening short? New author Anthony Loera has and he brings us some scripts that he uses to handle some of those crisis from any email device, PDA, phone, and keep him in front of his kids on the weekends.
2005-04-11
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In the second of this three-part series, learn how to map well-formed XML from a standard SQL Server query to a single cell in a worksheet. The resulting output is an XML tree with non-repeating elements.
2005-04-06
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In the first of a three-part series, learn how to use XML maps to customize Excel as a data input and display system.
2005-04-05
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This script uses the DTS object model to create a simple package, execute the package, and properly check for any errors.
2005-05-19 (first published: 2005-04-01)
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A function to convert varbinary to hex string. Have you every tried to deal with varbinary via T-SQL? Passwords and SIDs are of this datatype. In Query Analyzer this datatype displays as hex string but under the hood it is binary. Try concatenating a varbinary to a string in a print statement and you get […]
2005-06-09 (first published: 2005-03-30)
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A script that will help you deal with and get through any disaster recovery situation.
2005-04-01 (first published: 2005-03-29)
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By Arun Sirpal
Until now, a CRITICAL finding did the right internal routing, but the last mile...
By Steve Jones
This is actually inspired by an article SQL Server Central, which taught me something...
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
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