This script has been on the SQL Server Central site for a while and has been revised a number of times. I enclose yet another revision that works with SQL Server 2005 (June CTP anyway) with much thanks to all those who have contributed to it in the past.Terry Grignon
2006-02-08 (first published: 2005-11-11)
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This script will dump most of the structure of a DTS package to a text file. This includes connections strings (note SQL Server connections have their passwords encrypted so the won't dump), tasks, steps, global veriables, etc.) The script is command line drive and should allow for the use of trusted or SQL logins. I […]
2006-02-07 (first published: 2006-01-30)
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Uses sp_ob by Saket Mittal to search all databases for objects of a like name. Examples: To search for a table named 'customer' : exec master..usp_SearchObjectsAllDBs @searchname = 'customer', @type = 'U' To search for a procedure named 'customer' : exec master..usp_SearchObjectsAllDBs @searchname = 'customer', @type = 'P'
2006-02-02 (first published: 2006-01-18)
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2006-02-01 (first published: 2006-01-27)
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2006-01-31 (first published: 2006-01-27)
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2006-01-30 (first published: 2006-01-27)
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I have been wonder how to get info (by query NOT EM) of all the Maintenance Plans and it's by effect jobs plus schedule. I also see people asking the same questions in different forums. Finally, I start exploring myself (with helps from others of course), here's the result.You can run it as a ad-hoc […]
2006-01-27 (first published: 2006-01-12)
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Updated for Permission assignment change 1/11/1006. Ok, I'll bet that you are asking, What is a Global System UDF, right? By Global I mean that the UDF is available from any database on the server. By System I mean that the two part naming rule does not apply to this scalar function. The UDF conversion […]
2006-01-26 (first published: 2005-06-10)
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Returns User Tables by SIZE in DESCENDING ORDERAdd TOP n clause in SELECT to get selective results (i.e. TOP 10 TABLES)
2006-01-25 (first published: 2003-06-07)
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Script Table Data to Insert Statements - Handles Unicode datatypes (nchar, nvarchar, ntext). This script works with SQL 2000 and has been improved to handle properly the nchar, nvarchar, and ntext data types for Unicode, as well as handle apostrophes in data correctly. Usage is to run the script to create the stored proc in […]
2006-01-24 (first published: 2006-01-11)
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The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is used when working with identity values. I have a table with 10 rows in it that looks like this:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 2 2 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 3 3 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 4 4 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 5 5 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 6 6 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 7 7 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 8 8 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 9 9 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 10 10 2025-01-11 2025-01-16The docs for DBCC CHECKIDENT say this if I run with only the table parameter: "If the current identity value for a table is less than the maximum identity value stored in the identity column, it is reset using the maximum value in the identity column. " I run this code:
DELETE dbo.TravelLog WHERE TravelLogID >= 9
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog, RESEED)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-09-14', '2025-09-17')
GO
What is the identity value for the new row inserted by the insert statement above? See possible answers