I wrote this little tool out of the frustratingly slow process one must endure to find out what database Recovery Model your SQL 2000 databases are currently set to. This tool will quickly reveal whether your database Recovery model is set to either "Simple", "Full", or "Bulk-Logged." Who has time to manually pull up "Properties" […]
2007-05-03 (first published: 2003-03-06)
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I do a lot of SQL Server Desktop Edition instance testing and I cobbled together this script from BOL and other scripts I've seen posted. It is intended to show version, service pack level, machine and instance name and the security type among other information. Hopefully someone else may find it of use.
2003-02-27
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A procedure send message to all active SQL Server users(SQL Server Connections) on your Server.I use Win command NET SEND.
2003-02-25
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A week ago I posted this script. It was a much simpeler version without error checking. Now all the sprocs return the same errors. 0 THERE WERE NO ERRORS -99 UNEXPECTED NR OF RECORDS AFFECTED 0 THE SQL ERROR NUMBER Also with the insert statement the @ID is set. So you can retrieve the […]
2003-02-25
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In his travels, Christopher Duncan has come to recognize a great many similarities between programmers and musicians. Both have the fire, passion and soul of the artist. And all too often, both are aweful when it comes to the business end of things. Business - you know, that aspect of your work where they actually pay you at the end of the day?
2003-02-25
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Generates a declare statement including data types for a table and generates a select statement to set the variables from the table. Speeds development time when dealing with getting values into variable from large tables.
2003-02-21
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Generates an insert statement including column list. Useful for identity table data copying. Just modify the code generated to select and insert the needed fields. Saves time on large table inserts (also generates a select statement. Use part or all of the SQL generated. Saves development time when dealing with large tables.
2003-02-21
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Our DBA and I (I'm a PowerBuilder programmer) decided to plunge head-first into UDTs. After reading the message boards, I thought maybe we could come up with a way to make them work. My solution is this stored proc. There are some assumptions made that work for our needs and some extra work that was […]
2003-02-20
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This script returns the Duplicate indexes on any database (if any). Compatible with SQL Server 2000 only. Latest update Checks for possible duplications and removes them. Further, additional fields are displayed to support decision making.
2003-02-20
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This is a script that creates Insert / Update / Delete and Get stored procedures for a specific table.It will only work for tables with a unique primary key.Have a look at what is does, and if you like it, Vote for it. Maybe there are tons of sprocs out there that perform the same […]
2003-02-19
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I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers