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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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Shrink Log file for all Databases

I use this script to shrink the log files for development databases. The intention is keep the log files as small as possible when the database is not in use. By scheduling this script I can control when it happens as oppose to using auto shrink.

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2005-07-08 (first published: )

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Search All Fields in db for a Specific String

forums question came up where someone needed to search every varchar/char field in the database, and find any table/field that had a specific value (ie ip address, email, servername) we all agree that a monster scan like this is bad, but bad or not, sometimes you need to do it.it returns results that look something […]

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2005-07-07 (first published: )

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Import databases using backups v 2

Import database from source server using full and transaction log backups as recorded in msdb. Use it to import one or more databases to your development environment, to test your backups regularly or to move databases to a new server. To move to a new server, take a transaction log backup and put all in […]

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2005-07-04 (first published: )

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