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Modification to Automate Audit Trigger Generation

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This is a modification to Automate Audit Trigger Generation at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/contributions/1073.asp by walkerjet. The changes were made to accommodate tables using different types for their primary keys, (i.e. int, smallint, char, etc.), add the ModifiedById and DTStamp columns, exclude legacy tables that do not have a primary key defined, exclude fields of type text, ntext, […]

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2004-10-19 (first published: )

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Select from x th row next y rows

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This code will show rows from 17th and then next 3 ordered by name from table authors in database pubs. Table must have primary key and of course ordered column. You can change value 'from' in line 'SET ROWCOUNT 17' and value 'next' (how many rows)in line SELECT TOP 3. It is good to show […]

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2004-10-21 (first published: )

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Detect Object dependencies.

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This stored procedure will detect all first level object dependencies on Stored Procedure.The result set will be stored in table Depend. Unlike sp_depends, sp_MSdependencies will be able to detect all links and dependencies associated to an object. It includes TRIGGER, DELETE, UPDATE etc .

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2004-07-30 (first published: )

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sp to drop multiple similarly named db

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Procedure:    usp_drop_multiple_databases Description:    This procedure will take a string as input (it can take the % character in the calling string), put all db like that name into a list, and then drop all the databases in the resultant list.                    Example calling syntax: usp_drop_multiple_databases 'test_%_delete'--> Will drop ALL databases with a […]

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2004-07-29 (first published: )

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