I vaguely recalled something about SQL Server 2012 adding some additional system stored procedures that return a resultset describing metadata that would be returned from a specified batch of T-SQL,...

Gary Varga (4/16/2014)

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Eric M Russell (4/16/2014)

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Jim P. (4/15/2014)

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I've introduced more manager to the following:

You always have choice:

1. Cheap

2. ...

robin.pryor (4/16/2014)

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Eric M Russell (4/15/2014)

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The xp_logininfo stored procedure can be used to return the members of a domain group.

A couple years back I wrote a script that combines sys.server_principals and...

Jim P. (4/15/2014)

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I've introduced more manager to the following:

You always have choice:

1. Cheap

2. Fast

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First, understand that blocking is normal, it's kind of like the locking latch on a bathroom stall door. There are 100+ different reasons why a process can be temporarily blocked....

The xp_logininfo stored procedure can be used to return the members of a domain group.

A couple years back I wrote a script that combines sys.server_principals and xp_logininfo to return individual...

Since you're posting in the SQL Server 2008 forum, I'm assuming the legacy database has been ported over to this version. The solution below may also require the database Compatibility...

We could create a DDL trigger or a nightly job that replicates sys.databases to a dbo.DatabaseList table. Also, we don't really need a dbo.BackupList table and foreign key just to...

Gary Varga (4/15/2014)

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Eric M Russell (4/15/2014)

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I'm glad to hear that your nephew is the type who stays after hours to get the job done. He'll go far. Just think how...

I'm glad to hear that your nephew is the type who stays after hours to get the job done. He'll go far. Just think how useless a surgeon, attorney, or...

I wish Microsoft had called this latest release SQL Server 2012 R2. Now those of us not planning to use v2014 in the forseeable future look like fuddy-duddies.

I've got half a dozen retired PC boxes stacked in a corner under my desk on which I'm installing a Ubuntu / Hadoop cluster. My intention is to prove whether...

First, are we creating the [databases] table? There is no table by that name, but there...

If management allows an hour for lunch and places no restrictions on how early one can enter the office or how late one leaves, then there can always be time...

Going from v2000 to v2005 was obviously a leap forward in terms of how SQL Server database are implemented and coded. To a lesser extent v2008 had some compelling features...