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Foreign Key DDL wizard

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This script can be run when you want to do batch processing on a database, such as a dynamic truncate statement for all tables in your database.  This script will actually script all the Foreign Keys in your database, and then store them into a table called FOREIGN_KEY_TEMP.  It will then generate, and execute, all […]

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2004-01-22

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Locate missing columns across entire server

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This script will help you locate columns that you provide in a comma delimited format.  You pass it as few or as many columns as you want in the following format: ',,....' and this will generate you a report that states which database, and table each column you passed is in. 

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2004-08-13 (first published: )

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Asynchrous Execution with C#

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Definitely not a beginner article, this one describes how to asynchronous execution using delegates in C# (C Sharp). Async is usually harder to implement - conceptually at least - but offers benefits in that the user/application isn't blocked while you wait on results.

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2004-01-22

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help to tighten use of  cmdshell  or sp_start_job

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-- The goal is to avoid the use of sp_start_job in an application. So we have the application use RAISERROR to activate the job.--  1) because you can only start jobs you own--  2) we don't want to open the cmdshell to everyone--  3) we want control regarding jobs that run on our server.--  4) […]

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2007-05-31 (first published: )

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XSD Generator

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This script will generate a stored procedure named procCreateXSD. Run this script to create the SP.The purpose of this SP is to generate the XSD from selected tables we passed to the script. It accepts the Dataset name, URI, and the list of the tables to be included.For example:exec proccreateXSD 'NorthwindDataset', 'http://www.tempuri.org/', 'Customers,Orders,Products'Be aware that […]

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2004-01-08

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Using Bits to Store Data

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David recently worked on a project where it turned out storing the answers to a survey using bitmapping was a good approach. He was good enough to write some of it down and share. As he notes bitmapping isn't used as often as it used to be, but it can still be a useful technique to have around.

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2004-01-06

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