2008-04-19 (first published: 2008-02-22)
3,874 reads
Scripts
Show all database's tables' columns' collations.
Created view displays all text columns' collations in the current database with the information whether
the collation is different from the database's one.
2008-04-04 (first published: 2008-01-22)
1,743 reads
Generating combinations 'm elements from n-element set'
This procedure generates a dataset with combinations of elements_to_select taken from number_of_values element set. It prints also the prepared query.
2008-04-01 (first published: 2008-01-21)
1,217 reads
2005 Blocking Locks RDL for Management Studio
RDL for use in MSSSQL 2005's Management Studio (custom reports).
2008-03-28 (first published: 2008-01-18)
1,195 reads
2008-03-19 (first published: 2008-01-24)
3,575 reads
Generating permutations - procedure
This procedure prepares a query for generating permutations of n-numbers set and executes it.
2008-03-18 (first published: 2008-02-04)
966 reads
2008-03-14 (first published: 2008-01-29)
1,277 reads
Trim Trailing Blanks in SQL Queries
Reformats the text output of queries to trim trailing blanks in wide varchar columns for easy copy-and-paste.
2008-03-10 (first published: 2008-01-09)
2,944 reads
Db files size per directory
This procedure displays amount of disk space used by database per directories.
2008-02-29 (first published: 2008-01-14)
936 reads
Random varchars
This procedure generates a list of random varchars (8 charactes length, only letters - lower or upper case).
2008-02-28 (first published: 2008-01-14)
667 reads
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