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SP to determine database file growth at intervals

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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 […]

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2003-01-13

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Check if batch is running.

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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 […]

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2003-01-09

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Convert Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal UDF

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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 […]

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2003-01-09

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Calculate Earth global distances

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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             […]

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2003-01-09

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Search All Columns in All Tables for a string

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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 […]

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2003-01-09

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Default Values and Named Parameters for Stored Procs

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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.

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2003-01-08

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Net Send

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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 […]

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2002-12-18

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Question of the Day

Too Many Choices

I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:

BrandID OfficialName
1       Samsung
2       Apple
3       Microsoft
4       Adidas
5       Coca-Cola
I run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel')
FROM dbo.MasterBrands;

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