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.
2011-12-07 (first published: 2011-10-28)
4,063 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)
1,182 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.
2011-11-28 (first published: 2008-03-07)
6,700 reads
Extract values from a string using a delimiter
There are many occasions in programs where you need to manipulate strings of characters that are delimited by a particular character, such as a comma, or a space. This function enables you to extract a substring from the string at a specified occurence of the delimter. declare @Data varchar(255) set @Data = 'A,B,C,D,E' print dbo.field(@data,',',2,2) […]
2011-11-28 (first published: 2007-08-03)
2,627 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)
874 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)
4,564 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)
4,790 reads
2011-11-22 (first published: 2008-03-19)
5,884 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)
2,825 reads
2011-11-18 (first published: 2008-01-29)
2,910 reads
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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