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Quickly Reveal DB Recovery Model on all Databases.

I wrote this little tool out of the frustratingly slow process one must endure to find out what database Recovery Model your SQL 2000 databases are currently set to. This tool will quickly reveal whether your database Recovery model is set to either "Simple", "Full", or "Bulk-Logged." Who has time to manually pull up "Properties" […]

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2007-05-03 (first published: )

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An old and new way to query Hierarchical data

This script uses an old mathematical way of doing hierarchical queries. The most common way of showing hierarchical data in SQL Server is by creating a stored procedure that calls itself. This is not a recent problem, in fact this programming technique has been around since the first programming languages. By using stacks, you can […]

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2007-05-02 (first published: )

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Find the database by table name

Here's the scenario: 1.  You have been given a script to run.2.  You do not know the database name.3.  You know which server.Substitute the word "TABLENAME" with the table name in the script and run in query analyzer.  This query will check every database on the server and return the name of the database with […]

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2007-04-26 (first published: )

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Script to generate replication procs for article

This script is basically a front-end for the sp_"scriptproc" stored procedures that ship with MSSQL.  This will allow you to create ALL of your procs (INS, UPD and DEL) on the fly using the article name instead of having to first search for the article ID.  It also uses sp_scriptdynamicupdproc where appropriate.  This facilitates quick […]

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2007-04-23 (first published: )

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Hyperscale Replicas V

I have an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition system running with a geo-replica enabled. Can I create a new geo-replica based on the current secondary geo-replica?

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