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)
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Identify Local_TCP_Portand ENDPOINT used by a SQL Connection
2005-12-27 (first published: 2005-12-17)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Most DBA's would like to be notified when automatic database file growth occurs. This script will log file growth. It will not log file shrink but could be easily modifed to do so.Script does the following: 1. create tables to store server list, current & historical file sizes and actual growth for each database file […]
2005-11-29 (first published: 2005-07-21)
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2005-11-28 (first published: 2005-11-26)
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