Reset count for all alerts
To see the frequency of alerts in use, you can reset their fire count.
Restart count from zero for all alerts using the propre stored procedures.
2009-12-22 (first published: 2003-01-14)
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Miscellaneous
SP to determine database file growth at intervals
I wrote this SP to be run from a job every night. Change the myDB reference to be a database on your system for DBA use.I just set up a job to run:Exec sp_CatchFileChangesThen I run in another step:Select * from mydb.dbo.tbl_sysaltfiles_3and output to a log file.Alternatively you could insert into another table with a […]
2003-01-13
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Check if batch is running.
WARNING: This is resource intensive. Don't use except as a last resort.I wrote this to be able to find if a TSQL batch is running already on a SQL Server. I use this rarely when I have to know to prevent running something twice.Usage:DECLARE @RC intDECLARE @SQLBatch nvarchar(255)-- Set parameter valuesEXEC @RC = [master].[dbo].[sp_RunningCheck] @SQLBatch […]
2003-01-09
405 reads
Convert Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal UDF
I wrote this function to work with my sp_EarthDistance stored procedure.It converts the regular degrees/minutes/seconds representation of angles to a decimal number.Remember to use '' instead of ' within a string to be treated a character and not an end quote.Sydney location 151¦12'0 "E 33¦52'0 "S and in […]
2003-01-09
827 reads
Calculate Earth global distances
I wrote this sp to be able to calculate the distance between two locations on the earth if the latitude and longitude is known for each. Could be useful for GPS work or maps.Usage:If I know the following city locations:Sydney 151.2 E 33.87 SCanberra 149.15 E […]
2003-01-09
789 reads
Search All Columns in All Tables for a string
This procedure can search all columns in one or all tables for a specified string. Prints out the TableName.ColumnName that the string is found in...-- Example Calls-- EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns MyTable, 'tcart' --search a specific table-- -- EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns default, 'tcart' --search all tables BUG FIX : (2003/01/20) Changed SELECT @columnName […]
2003-01-09
953 reads
Get row counts and space used for every table
Use the sp_MSforeachtable stored procedure to run the sp_spaceused stored procedure for every table in a database
2003-01-08
114 reads
Default Values and Named Parameters for Stored Procs
Are you using default values for your parameters? Using named parameters when you call the proc or passing the values by ordinal? Should you be? Andy thinks 6 out of 10 of our readers will agree with his point of view, we'll be a little more conservative and guess that 5 of out 10 will be closer.
2003-01-08
8,234 reads
Validate SP's and UDF's with checksum
This UDF will return the checksum for a SP or UDF to help tracking changes to the code.Example:print dbo.OBchecksum('hello')
2003-01-07
163 reads
Net Send
Yee Haa, as if we couldn't annoy our users more with message boxes, emails, and other friendly pop ups ;P here comes the net send. Has a test for success to determine if the send worked. If an invalid name is entered it can take a bit to fail, so don't use this from a […]
2002-12-18
330 reads
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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