Select from stored procedure
This terse script shows an easy (but "dirty" - so not advisable for production environments - rather for personal use) way to select data from stored procedure.
2011-12-14 (first published: 2008-03-04)
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SQL 2005 Restore Script Generator
This script will generate a restore statement with supporting MOVE operations to a new directory structure.
2011-12-13 (first published: 2008-05-29)
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Report SQL SERVER 2005 Permissions
Reports permissions to three levels: database, schema and table -- in three formats: readable, structured, scripted.
2011-12-12 (first published: 2008-02-22)
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Clear database - delete all records from a database (updated)
The procedure below deletes all records from the specified database's(except master, model, msdb and tempdb) tables (except those from the schema 'sys').
2011-12-09 (first published: 2008-01-31)
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2011-12-08 (first published: 2011-11-23)
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Disk space alert per drive
This script validates the sufficient disk space per drive.
When you'll reach a minimum on a diskdrive, the script will mail all recipients.
2011-12-06 (first published: 2011-10-28)
4,086 reads
2011-12-01 (first published: 2011-11-09)
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LEFT equivalent in SSIS Derived Column Task
This command is the equivalent of the LEFT() function (cumbersome but effective)
2011-11-29 (first published: 2011-11-14)
1,186 reads
Generate alter datatype script for entire database
ntext, text, and image (Transact-SQL). This script will alter the data type from image to
varbinary(max) which is very much required as the data type is out
of support.
2011-11-28 (first published: 2011-11-14)
883 reads
Generate Job Schedule Descriptions
A SELECT statement which includes the alpha description of each job's schedule
2011-11-25 (first published: 2007-11-01)
4,585 reads
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