Storing Checkbox Responses as Integers
This article demonstrates how to store checkbox results as integers in a database...perfect for surveys!
2002-06-27
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T-SQL
Get File Info
This script organizes information about the database files on the server. A cursor is used to get the information from each database. The information is reported in Megabytes, including the next allocation from disk. No bells and whistles...and if I can find how dbcc showfilestats works I will add the amount of space used in […]
2002-06-24
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Time to Execute a script
This script can be divided into two parts one at the beginning of the script and the other at the end of a script. It parses the getdate() and runs datediff to give you an easy to read info on the time taken to execute a script. It is easy to get this info from […]
2002-06-20
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sp_MSforeachtrigger-Perform action on each trigger
This stored procedure loops through each trigger and performs an action on that trigger , like disabling or printing it. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp. Shortened version of the usage (there are a lot more parameters […]
2002-06-14
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sp_MSforeachfk-Perform an action on every FK
This stored procedure loops through each user defined Foreign Key and performs an action on that FK, like disabling them or printing its name. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp. .Shortened version of the usage (there are […]
2002-06-14
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sp_MSforeachsproc -Perform an action on each sproc
This stored procedure loops through each view and performs an action on that stored procedure, like printing the records or running an sp_help. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp.Shortened version of the usage (there are a lot […]
2002-06-14
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sp_MSforeachview - Perform an action on each view
This stored procedure loops through each view and performs an action on that view, like counting or printing the records. Please install this stored procedure in the MASTER database. For full usage instructions and advanced parameters please see the article about it at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/sp_msforeachworker.asp. Shortened version of the usage (there are a lot more parameters […]
2002-06-14
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Stored procedure for viewing trigger details
This is a stored procedure for viewing details of trigger. It accepts trigger name as a optional parameter. When specified, it shows details of only that trigger. If no trigger name is specified shows the details of all the triggers in that database. this SP is created in master database but can be called from […]
2002-06-12
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The SQL 7.0 Query for listing of all users tables
The SQL 7.0 Query for listing of all users tables with owner, no of rows and Date/Time created is as follows
2002-06-06
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UDF Function to convert seconds to HH:MM:SS format
SFormat is UDF function that can convert seconds to HH:MM:SSEx:1- Select dbo.SFormat(130) will return 00:02:102- Select dbo.SFormat(dbo.test.Duration) as Dur (to be used with tables). where 'Test' is table name and 'Duration is a field(int).
2002-05-10
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