Restore All Backups
SCRIPT TO RESTORE BACKUP FOR ALL DATABASES, PLACED IN FOLDER CALLED
ORIGIN_FOLDER, WITH THE INITIALS 'DBVF' AND EXTENSION '.BAK'
2010-06-30 (first published: 2010-06-08)
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2010-06-29 (first published: 2010-06-09)
1,170 reads
Finding Ratio between two numbers
This function finds the ratio betwen two numbers.Just plug into your SP and enjoy.
2010-06-23 (first published: 2010-06-01)
2,234 reads
Get default values of parameters in stored procedures
Helps to get the default value of parameters from stored procedures and functions.
2010-06-22 (first published: 2010-05-26)
3,425 reads
fn_getfiledetails - a replacement for xp_getfiledetails
As the undocumented SQL Server 2000 function xp_getfiledetails is not existent any more in 2005 or later i needed a replacement...
2010-06-14 (first published: 2010-05-07)
3,611 reads
IsNumber fails cast while IsBigInt passes cast
IsNumber does weak checking and fails cast to BigInt so I wrote IsBigInt to replace it.
2010-06-11 (first published: 2010-05-05)
3,494 reads
A quick way to find recently entered datetime entries in tables
Sometimes you need to scan a large number of datetime columns for most recent access.
2010-06-09 (first published: 2010-05-04)
1,863 reads
2010-06-09 (first published: 2008-05-20)
3,053 reads
SQL 2005 Disaster Recovery Scripts: To Setup and Remove Mirroring
Two sets of scripts to help setup mirroring or remove mirroring - handy during disaster recovery exercise
2010-06-07 (first published: 2009-03-17)
2,628 reads
Job History with Timeline
Similar to many other Job History scripts, but unique in that it has a timeline.
2010-06-01 (first published: 2009-04-03)
3,325 reads
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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