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LOG SHIPPING FROM SCRATCH

We were experiencing significant issues with Cross Domain Log Shipping, even after getting help from Microsoft. The main reason was that in SQL Server 2000 you cannot access the Log Shipping Wizard from a scripting interface. This set of stored Procedures is all you need to setup a good log shipping framework in your organization […]

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2005-08-01 (first published: )

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Generate Insert Statements

If you wish to save the contents of your database as insert statements, this script will generate a text file that has all data formatted as insert statements. This way you can save off the data as a script to send to a client or combine with a create script to rebuild the database on […]

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2005-07-29 (first published: )

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Generate Quick Snapshot of table structures.

I use this script to quickly compare databases. In the past, I would generate creation scripts and compare those but that is tedious at best. This script generates a report of the metadata in an easy to read format that includes...- Table and Field Listing with types.- Foreign Key information- Primary Key and Index information- […]

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2005-07-28 (first published: )

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Find Nth Max-Min Record - The Efficient Way!

It is quite often that we need to find Nth (5th or 8th or 10th) maximum or minimum number of record from the record set. The solution is different in MS SQL than in Oracle because we have RowNum in Oracle. Some time ago I got the same problem with a massive table of more […]

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2005-07-22 (first published: )

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Deleting Sets of Rows in huge table

There was a problema user was reflecting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sqlcon/message/1119What I did was following steps1. Divide the count of table into segments for divide2. Then use the even Odd functionality for smooth looping3. Use a simple while loop and SET ROWCOUNT functionality for further deletions across table with checkpoint4. It saved the log swell up and resources […]

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2005-07-20 (first published: )

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Sproc to get First Day of the Month,First Weekday ETC

First Day of the Month, First Weekday, Total Days in this Month, Days In First WeeK, Days In Last Week,Total Weekend Days sample output: Given Date:Jul 16 2005 12:00AM First Day of the Month:7/1/2005 First Weekday (sun=1,sat=7):6 Total Days in this Month:31 Days In First Week:2 Days In Last Week:1 Total Weekend Days:10

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2005-07-15 (first published: )

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Drop and Add Foreign Keys

Have you tried using DTS to load a database and those pesky foreign keys mess you up? This is actually two scripts, one to generate the SQL needed to drop all the Foreign Keys in a database and another to Add the Foreign Keys back when you are done. I've thrown in Disabling and Enabling […]

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2005-07-13 (first published: )

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