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Customized backup scripts(Arvinder & Srivathsani)

Created By:Srivathsani M(Srivathsani_m@infosys.com)Arvinder Singh Khosla(arvinder_khosla@infosys.com)Details:The scripts gives the flexibility to create customized backups.1)It gives  the provision to give the backup files a customized name with customized time stamp.2)It allows the user to create the backup directory.3)These scripts can be used in the form of stored procedures by passing the variables defined in the script as […]

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2007-07-30 (first published: )

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Show when all jobs were running

This script returns a result set showing which jobs were running at what point during a given day.One column is returned for each Job, and one row for each discrete portion of the day (configured by @TimeGranuality). A value of 1 indicates that the job was running at that point in time, 0 otherwise.Particularly useful […]

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2007-07-26 (first published: )

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LongestRunningQueries.vbs

This SQL 2005-only VBS script will show the longest-running queries on a given server, complete with graphical .sqlplan when clicked. Results go to a web page, viewed from the local machines's temp directory.Each row of the resulting table has the session ID, the currently running statement of the batch, a link to a text file […]

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2007-07-24 (first published: )

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