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Calculate distance between two points

The calculation of distance between two points using standard spherical geometry can be inaccurate for short distances (ten miles or less) because the sine function of very small angles approaches zero. The haversine approach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula) turns this around, so it is very accurate at small distances but has larger errors (about ten miles) for points […]

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2006-05-18 (first published: )

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BCP OUT all table data in your Database

Data Recovery is vital. This script will cursor through your database and BCP OUT the table data to a directory specifically for each day of the week (in numbers - where 1 = Sunday and 7 = Saturday) in order to have table recoverability up to 7 days. The first step is to create the […]

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2006-05-11 (first published: )

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Server Backup History Report (updated 2006-04-11)

Server Backup History Report (Full DB Backups only) 1. lists all databases with no backup history 2. lists last backup for other databases includes Date, User, Size, Duration, Age, Finish Date & Location Includes system databases Excludes TempDB Excludes backup history data where backupmediafamily.device_type = 7 these are typically created by Veritas BackupExec Tested on […]

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2006-04-28 (first published: )

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To move all the table data from database to xls or

To move all the table data from database to xls or doc or txt files tableMany times we come accross to move data from database to external files such as word,xls or data files. Here is the script that move all tables data to specified files. Target file names are the table names. specify the […]

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2006-04-27 (first published: )

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Backing Up a DMK

In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?

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