Based on moffan76's script to GRANT EXEC to all sprocs and UDFs (that EXEC) and GRANT SELECT to views and UDFs (that SELECT). This script uses that same general technique of selecting the object names from sysobjects, but does it in one step w/o using a cursor. It is also not wrapped in a sproc […]
2003-12-30
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Monthly SQL Server Agent Jobs report Script Monthly SQL Server Agent Jobs report. It will give a summarized picture of SQL Agent jobs run during a calendar month. You can use it to file up reports for system audit. It does not handle jobs that are run more than […]
2003-12-30
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This Script takes a user name and set execute permissions on SPs and UDFs.
2003-12-28
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This version uses the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm, which is very fast for moderate upper bounds, but which may be slower than the other versions when the upper bound is very large (because of the overhead of the initial table population)
2006-03-14 (first published: 2003-12-17)
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T-SQL String Function: Returns passed date formatted using passed criteria. Format criteria similar to Visual Basic. Sorry, prior script had a reference to one of my internal UDFs :(.
2003-12-17
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This article presents two best practices. One is about how to construct good table aliases, the other is about using ANSI join syntax. Good stuff!
2003-12-17
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This short article looks at some mistakes developers should avoid when they also have the task of designing the database, database objects, or TSQL used to access it.
2003-12-16
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Full text indexing is interesting, but not always easy for the user to apply well. Chris has some ideas about to make that
2003-12-11
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T-SQL String Function: Returns passed date formatted using passed criteria. Format criteria similar to Visual Basic. Saw that I could correct it, so corrected 3/8/04
2003-12-09
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Andy started writing about worst practices a long time ago and returns this week with one that is short and sweet - why defining rows that exceed 8060 characters is a very bad idea and how you can avoid it.
2003-12-08
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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