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Another Script to Dump DTS packages to Text

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 […]

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2006-02-07 (first published: )

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sp_SearchObjectsAllDBs

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'

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2006-02-02 (first published: )

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Get maintenance plans info and It's by effect jobs

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 […]

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2006-01-27 (first published: )

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Global System UDF to return ISO Date string

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 […]

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2006-01-26 (first published: )

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Script Tbl Data to Insert Stmts. - Handles Unicode

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 […]

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2006-01-24 (first published: )

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