The script provided installs a Sql Server User Defined function which will perform a case sensitive string compare similar to the compare script submitted by Mike McManus. The script also includes test code which may be highlighted to test the function once it is installed and provides examples of usage.
2003-02-18
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Utilizing sp_dropserver and sp_addserver system procedures we will change local SQL Server name to a specified one, or, by default, to the WINS machine name. Just another utility in my DBAservice toolbox database.Notes:1.Tested in SQL Server7.2. In some cases it is necessary to rerun sql server setup in order to start the server after renaming. […]
2003-02-13
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When you want to compare two strings that may have case differences on a case-insensitive server, this script will quickly and easily do the compare for you. It returns 0 if strings are equal, 1 if not. Feel free to modify/reuse in your code.
2003-02-11
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This Stored Procedure can attach multiple data File that have *.mdf or *.ldf Extention ..Example :you have multiple data file on your "c:\SQL_data directory" .. just type this on your query analyzer.. of course you have to be a member of sysadmin fixed server role exec attach_db "c:\SQL_data"
2003-02-08
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This script gives you an idea on how long the processing time is for your SQL jobs. It will depend on how many records are being retained on the sysjobhistory table (scripts defaults to the last 30 days--may not find any history at all).One may find it useful when there are so many sql jobs […]
2003-02-06
5,835 reads
Set deadlines by adding business days or business hours to a datetime value. Returns a new datetime that ignores weekends and holidays when adding days, or hours outside of business hours (e.g. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) when adding hours
2003-02-03
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I was fed up of manipulating sysusers after restoring a db from one server to another.Just put thgis script on QA after restoring db. It will check all db users (not tested for secure connections) and will restore orphan users. Check it out!Hope this script will help.
2003-02-03
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This article by Simon Galbraith (from Red-Gate Software, one of our valued advertisers!) in .Net Magazine talks about how to calculate ROI when evaluating software purchases.
2003-02-03
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Well, ever wanted to know what was happening on disk....You could with FN_vitrualfilestats....Here is a NICE SPROC that samples all databases and puts it in a table. You can choose if you want to Retain values in the table or that it must be cleaned every time the sproc runs.( Put this data in a […]
2003-01-31
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This little query gives the table name and rowcount for each table in the database that its run.
2003-01-30
247 reads
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