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MEDIAN sp for SQL 2000

I wrote this to calculate the median on a record set. All you need to pass is the table name and column name. If you would like to filter the record set, create a view that displays the correct record.The limitation of not being able to pass arrays to Stored procedure or functions was the […]

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2007-02-23 (first published: )

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Switch Databases

This script changes the physical, logical and file names of a database.  It stores the current database until the next time the script is run, and creates a dummy database for the next update.  The intent was to have minimal downtime even though the load (import, snapshot, etc.) may take a long time.  Three copies […]

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2007-02-22 (first published: )

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FULL SERVER DOCUMENTATION -- HTML  and revised

Revise note: 1. reformat the result into HTML page.2. added script to find sql server service account, sqlserver agent account.3. added script to find sql server authentication mode.4. added script to find sql server startup parameters5. added table of contents and hyperlinks.6. add DOS batch script to run the script on all servers.     TRY […]

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2007-02-20 (first published: )

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Idera SQLSafe SP

Useful for Idera SQLSafe backups. Great software but the GUI and maintenance plan generation are a little quirky. You can easily modify this for Full, Log, Encryption, etc. - Example:EXEC usp_SS_FullBackup @dbsvrname='YOURSERVERNAME',@dbname='Northwind',@path='C:\Northwind_Full_',@description='Full Backups for Northwind'

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2007-02-19 (first published: )

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CHECKSUM replacement for IMAGE

As we all know, BINARY_CHECKSUM ignores columns of data type IMAGE.This code is 100% compatible with MS original. That is, the result is identical.You can use it "as is", or you can use it to see that MS function does not produce that unique values one could expect.

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2007-02-15 (first published: )

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CHECKSUM replacement for TEXT

As we all know, BINARY_CHECKSUM ignores columns of data type TEXT.This code is 100% compatible with MS original. That is, the result is identical.You can use it "as is", or you can use it to see that MS function does not produce that unique values one could expect.

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2007-02-13 (first published: )

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InvalidLogins.pl

Perl script that reports SQL Server AD accounts which are now longer valid by verifying the output of sp_validlogins system stored procedure against SID stored in AD. This is done to ensure only accounts that do not exist are reported since sp_validlogins will only check the name and not SID against AD. Accounts that are […]

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2007-02-12 (first published: )

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Getting Database MaiL Profiles

If I want to return information about all Database Mail profiles on my instance from T-SQL, how can I do this?

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