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Custom Log Shipping using VB.NET

This is a first version of a custom solution for SQL Server log shipping using VB.NET 2005 and .NET Framework v.2.0. The script has to run on a server where you have SQL Server 2005 (or at least tools) installed because it uses new SMO. For some functions of the script you will have to […]

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2007-06-22 (first published: )

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Find Orphan Logins in SQL Server2000

Hi,exec sp_change_users_login 'report' displays the list of orphan USERS in a database but we don't have any builtin SP which displays the orphan LOGINS.By Orphan Logins (not users), I mean the Logins that don't have any access to any databases and are sitting idle on the server (also aren't member of any fixed server role).We […]

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2007-06-21

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Get DBObjects with Specified Owner

A database can have objects with multiple owners. The script will give you the list of all the TABLES, VIEWS and PROCEDURES having the specified owner. Just input the owner name and it will give you the list of all the Objects with that owner. This scope of the script is limited to the TABLES, […]

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2007-06-21 (first published: )

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Non repetable random number generation script

Some time back i had the requirement for a SP which will give non repeatable random numbers with in a range. Following SP accepts a range and gives the random numbers. Once the numbers are exhausetd NULL, will be the out put. In this case user can restart the random number generation by passing 1 […]

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2007-06-20 (first published: )

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Add Enterprise Manager registrations quickly

Use this Perl script to add Enterprise Manager registrations from a text file. The text file should contain three fields seperated by spaces. The first two fields are the server groups you want to create, and the last is the server name. ex...Production Accounting ACTPRSQL01QA Accounting ACTQASQL01The script also goes out and registers all SQL […]

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2007-06-19 (first published: )

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Use of regular expressions in TSQL

This script creates 2 new system functions :fn__testregexp(@String,@Pattern) returns int    execute the method test(@String) on the regular expressions @Pattern    returns :        0 : no match        1 : match        null : one of the parameters was null        anything else : error from sp_OA procedure        fn__replaceregexp(String,@Pattern,@Replace) returns varchar    execute the method Replace(@String,@Replace) […]

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2007-06-14 (first published: )

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SP_WHO_3 Powerful Filtering/Sorting Very Efficient

Hello,I posted this a while ago to several web sites. Someone found an obscure bug in it and I fixed it (newest script attached below). When I posted it to you last time, it didn't show up in any of the categories that I had checked; hmmmm? However, when I searched google, you have it […]

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2007-06-13 (first published: )

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