VB script to check latest backup
This script checks the latest backup of all databases. Then it write a logfile with this timestamp. all backups older than one day will be marked as ERROR.
2007-06-11 (first published: 2005-06-30)
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Scripts
Synchronize DB user SID with Login SID - 2nd way
This script helps you synchronizing ALL orphaned database users to syslogins of the new database server. To run it, pass the target database name in on the first line.
2007-06-08 (first published: 2005-08-27)
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Backup all Analysis Services databases to drive
This stored procedure will loop through all of the Analysis Services databases in the repository and back them up to a .cab file using the msmdarch command. A log file will be included with the backup.There will be 2 days worth of backups saved to a local disk drive on the server.It may be necessary […]
2007-06-07 (first published: 2005-05-25)
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Import databases using backups
Import database from source server using full and transaction log backups as recorded in msdb. Use it to import one or more databases to your development environment, to test your backups regularly or to move databases to a new server. Works on SQL 7 and SQL 2000 with native and/or LiteSpeed full backups and native […]
2007-06-06 (first published: 2005-06-29)
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Distribution of Enterprise Manager registrations
This was just an answer in a forum in September, but I keep getting requests for the script. So I am sharing it here for anyone that could be interested: Problem: large amount of registered servers, multiple DBA's needing updated registration info, DBA workstations added or rebuilt, many servers added at once. In cases like […]
2007-06-05 (first published: 2005-01-26)
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User-Defined string Functions SQLCLR MS SQL 2005
User-Defined string Functions MS SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL SQLCLR (VB. Net, C#.Net, C++. Net) Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to offer, free of charge, the following string functions MS SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL SQLCLR (VB. Net, C#.Net, C++. Net): AT(): Returns the beginning numeric position of the nth occurrence of a character expression within […]
2007-06-04 (first published: 2006-02-03)
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Script To drop the dependets on a column
This procedure is useful to find the dependents on a particular column in a table and deletes the dependents like 'Index','Relation ships'.This is developed in Sql Server 2005
2007-06-01 (first published: 2006-03-10)
210 reads
help to tighten use of cmdshell or sp_start_job
-- The goal is to avoid the use of sp_start_job in an application. So we have the application use RAISERROR to activate the job.-- 1) because you can only start jobs you own-- 2) we don't want to open the cmdshell to everyone-- 3) we want control regarding jobs that run on our server.-- 4) […]
2007-05-31 (first published: 2004-01-21)
2,168 reads
Script to perform http(s) post
Post data as coming from an HTML FORM with METHOD=POST to an URL and retrieve the result. The script uses the WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 object.Call like :exec dbo.usp_httppost 'http://www.sqlservercentral.com/search/turbo.asp','searchstring=ftp&btnG= Go &cArticles=on&cForums=on&cScripts=on&sitesearch=http://www.sqlservercentral.com'
2007-05-30 (first published: 2005-01-19)
1,799 reads
Detect invalid FK-data after using "WITH NOCHECK"
In situations where FK's have been created using the "WITH NOCHECK" option you can get into troubles because the FK-data is not checked ! (so there may be invalid data in the FK-column !)E.g. ALTER TABLE [dbo].[mytable] WITH NOCHECK add constraint [FK__USED_RESO__Actio__1162CF5F] FOREIGN KEY ( Action_Type ) REFERENCES [dbo].[Action_Types] ( Action_Type ) BOL states "... […]
2007-05-29 (first published: 2006-10-09)
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