2011-12-01 (first published: 2011-11-09)
1,289 reads
Scripts
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)
1,183 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)
879 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)
4,573 reads
Create a Tally or Numbers Table
This creates a Tally or Numbers table which is frequently used to replace loops in code and is much faster than most loops.
2011-11-24 (first published: 2008-03-07)
6,708 reads
Script Generates Audit Triggers
This script generates a audit trigger for each table in the database. The trigger then logs when each table is updated.
2011-11-23 (first published: 2008-05-09)
4,800 reads
2011-11-22 (first published: 2008-03-19)
5,895 reads
Extract More Than 1000 Active Directory Accounts
This is a simple method to load a SQL database with active directory account information without running into the 1000 record limit. You will need to change the SERVERNAME, PORT, DATABASENAME, USERID, AND PASSWORD values in the connection strings to your own values. You will also need to change the LDAP connection string values ('LDAP://SERVERNAME/ou=OUName,dc=host,dc=domain,dc=tld') […]
2011-11-21 (first published: 2007-08-01)
2,831 reads
2011-11-18 (first published: 2008-01-29)
2,916 reads
Server Up-Time Information
Calculates server uptime in days, hours, and minutes. Also calculates the UTC date (smalldatetime) when the server was started.
2011-11-17 (first published: 2007-08-31)
2,453 reads
Blogs
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BIT_COUNT() V
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