This procedure will maintain the sysproperties table by wrapping system procedures: • sp_addextendedproperty • sp_dropextendedproperty • sp_updateextendedproperty The parameters are: • @object -- primary name of the object being to be maintained. • @column -- column or parameter […]
2007-07-04
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This script combines functionality of sp_helpindex and sp_spaceused to list all tables with individual indexes, their keys and description (sp_spaceused cannot do that) and size in MB per individual index (sp_helpindex cannot do that either). Feel free to use and modify as you see fit. Hope it can help.
2007-07-03 (first published: 2006-09-25)
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We write this script due we needed to implement a backup strategy in some machines with MSDE located in remote offices.In that offices there isn't Enterprise Manager, so we send the script to the office and they just execute it.Comments will be welcome
2007-07-02 (first published: 2006-09-23)
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In the tradition of best practice & code improvement, a third iteration of a script that finds the Nth occurrence of a Target string within another string (Original author unknown, V2 author vextant).This version returns zero if an Nth occurrence is not found (similar to V1), but also provides the ability to search the string […]
2007-06-29 (first published: 2006-09-18)
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Person name may have these combination in database1. firstname only2. middlename only3. lastname only4. firstname + middlename5. firstname + lastname6. middlename + lastnameAnd firstname, middlename, lastname may contain null or empty string in data. but usee want to display Fullname without spaces then how will combine all.
2007-06-28 (first published: 2006-05-15)
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The script is in three parts:1. A select statement to determine the number of duplicate records contained within the table2. The deduping process builds a temporary table called #Duplicates and uses it to compare duplicates across both similar tables whilst deleting records with multiple counts3. Final test of deduping with no records indicating table is […]
2007-06-27
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This procedure is used to shrink the databases. Many times we use shrink option to shrink the databases for backup. and we do it N number of times, when we take the back of databses or make free space of drive.instructions:- Follwo the step.1. run script.2. And execute the statement, exec shrink_databasesI m new, if […]
2007-06-27
794 reads
Old version, archived, that works on ss2k. Updated version works on ss2k5. NOTE: This is a Microsoft developed script, not from the contributor (Steve Jones)
2007-06-27 (first published: 2006-05-04)
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There is a great article on SQLServerCentral on an Extended Stored Procedure http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/mcoles/freeencryption.asp and this XP will undoubtedly perform better than my Function. However I had a need to encrypt a column in a shared hosted environment where I was not allowed to install XPs. Just copy script and paste into Query Analyzer
2007-06-26 (first published: 2006-01-12)
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DBCC page was decommissioned in 7.0 according BOL. Parameters have being changed, but the call itself remains. Following script shows some reverse engineering results.
2007-06-25 (first published: 2006-05-29)
420 reads
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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