This script will remove old versions of DTS packages. It accepts a single parameter which is used as a filter criteria on the package name. It will also remove package log records for the version that is deleted.EXAMPLE: EXEC usp_DelOldDTSPkgVersions @vcrPkgName = 'Devel'This will delete old versions for packages that have 'Devel' in the nameQuestions […]
2002-11-30
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Like many other areas of business, the tech industry has weathered the occasional slump over the past few decades. It's only natural that the fate of techies is closely linked to the tides of the business. However, in any economy, weak or strong, some people prosper and advance while others suffer the consequences.
2002-11-29
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Andy talks briefly about why the company he works for has decided to require all developers to obtain the MCSD, then takes a look at the book they chose for the initial round of study for the first exam.
2002-11-26
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The following script creates a monitoring utility to find out for how long a sql server was down prior to the latest startup. The script creates one table (tblHeartbeat), four stored procedures (uspFillHeartBeat, uspGetDowntimeSummary, uspCleanHeartbeat, uspAtStartup) and two jobs (FillHeartbeat and CleanHeartbeat).Notes:1. By convention I introduced in my company (UGO Networks, Inc.) all "service" database […]
2002-11-21
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This is a modification of the excellent procedure by G.R.Preethiviraj Kulasingham B.Sc., MCP .The Modifications allow the procedure to successfully list differnces between tables with many more columns than the original.
2002-11-19
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This script checks for indexes that are duplicates based on being indexed on the the same set of columns for user tables listed in sysobjects for a given database. Run the script in the database you suspect might have duplicate indexes.
2002-11-19
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Create a pivot Table similiar to Microsoft Access Pivot Command, Specify if there should be totals at the bottom, right or both..Uses a temporary table to hold the values..Bad part is the SQL that is generated can have no more than 4000 Characters..If not using any NVARCHAR characters, could make the sql up to 8000 […]
2002-11-18
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ps_SearchStoredProcedures provides a "find utility" to search for string in Stored Procedure(s) that you select without dumping to a SQL script file. This stored procedure returns a list of the stored procedures that the string was found in and list of line numbers where the text was found. Both parameters of the stored procedure allow […]
2002-11-15
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This UDF will take a delimited string and split it into a table. It has an identity field that is provided solely for uniqueness on the rows, but that can be removed to improve the speed, and optimize it. Sample call :dbo.fnSplit(, )@Data - the string to split apart@Delimiter - the seperator string, if DEFAULT […]
2002-11-15
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This script will return how many time one string occurs within another. It will only work on SQL 2K as it is a UDF, but it could be converted to a stored proc with a output variable for SQL 7.0.
2002-11-15
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