2005-12-30 (first published: 2005-12-09)
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Scripts
Change column collations back to database default
This script will create a single-line ALTER TABLE statement for each column in any table to change the collation to match the 'database default'. This is best accomplished in the Query Analyzer -- simply run the script, select all the records, and paste them into a new window to run them.
2005-12-29 (first published: 2005-12-12)
2,225 reads
Number of words within a phrase function
Most word count functions/procedures are based on some form of looping methods. If the table is large or there is a need to count the words in a number of columns, this can become quite an exercise. This function, based on a mathematical model, will work much faster and more efficient in counting the words […]
2005-12-28 (first published: 2005-12-12)
275 reads
ENDPPOINT and Local TCP PORT used by SQL 2005
Identify Local_TCP_Portand ENDPOINT used by a SQL Connection
2005-12-27 (first published: 2005-12-17)
88 reads
sp_gen_checksum_selects
Compile in master. Set your QA output to text. When run from the db of interest it generates checksum select statements for each user table in the db composed of the PK columns and a checksum for all columns excluding text, ntext, image and sql-variant. There are no parameters. Modify for your own use. Save […]
2005-12-19 (first published: 2005-04-14)
184 reads
Script To Compute Checksum Of The Text Field
It is a known fact, that checksum function can not be applied to text, ntext and image fields. But sometimes it is necessary to compare whether a value in a text field has changed (although it is not guaranteed that checksum generates a unique value, but it still could be used as a good estimator). […]
2005-12-16 (first published: 2005-06-17)
1,154 reads
Replace Object Owner
This SP is used to identify and replace the owner of the database objects. This SP will give display object id, object name, owner id, owner name and concatenate object + owner name with brackets. SP does change the owner for the following objects. SP should available in "master" database to execute in more than […]
2005-12-06 (first published: 2005-05-10)
328 reads
Scrip to export excel file in a Loop
Script to Get Exl Output in a Do while loop. Example taken is Authors table in PUB database, where excel is generated for each state the file in state name.U can modify the script to include filename in u'r format (eg. state + date)
2005-12-02 (first published: 2005-06-15)
1,029 reads
Blocked Process script for deadlock correction
This script was created to find an application problem that was causing SQL Server blocked processes. The BlockedProcess table is created to log both the blocker and blocked processes. The sp_BlockedProcess stored procedure is created to handle the situation by: inserting all processes affected by the blocking, notifying the blocking application user, emailing the admins […]
2005-12-01 (first published: 2005-06-30)
4,199 reads
Script for Full Backup - removes old backups
This script is a mofification of an original backup script by Crappy (Crispin Proctor). I have modified the script to delete obsolete backups thus making the script handy for differential backups.Regards,Patrick.
2005-11-30 (first published: 2005-05-04)
868 reads
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Question of the Day
Checking Identities
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