Analyze a Table Contents
Analyze a table contents for type of information. Returns the number of distinct values for each field and the list and frequency of those values when specified
2005-03-22 (first published: 2005-03-04)
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shrinking logs: how much data will be reclaimed
This script will show you how much diskspace can be reclaimed by shrinking all the logfiles of userdatabases using a DBCC SHRINKFILE(2) command. Often the spacegain is much smaller then expected. SQL Shrinks logfiles the end of the file until it finds the active part of the logfile. (If the active part of the logfile […]
2005-03-21 (first published: 2005-03-04)
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Automated Profiler trace Create
This stored procedure is created to be invoked (in my case by SQL Server scheduled job), and will then create a tracefile to a specified file location (ensure that if this is NOT local, your SQL Server Agent runs on a domain account that has access to that drive. The Stored procedure will create files […]
2005-03-16 (first published: 2005-03-04)
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When the last time Database used
This Procedure will display info regard to when the last time database was used. How to use it--------------Exec master.dbo.Sp_LastTimeDBUsed 'pubs'
2005-03-15 (first published: 2005-03-02)
1,109 reads
Stored Procedure Call Hierarchy
Easily extractss the complete stored procedure call hierarchy from "sysdepends" table of SQL Server and represent it in a pseudo-graphical tree-view.The script uses a temporary table (automatically created/dropped) to hold children and parents of relationships. For representing the call hierarchy the table contains a level field (depth) and a field containing the "enumerated path" (using […]
2005-03-14 (first published: 2005-03-01)
4,081 reads
To write to a text file
/*--Objective : To Write a given string on to a given file--Created by: Helen--Date : Jan 4, 2005--Execution : SELECT * FROM DBO.Ufn_WriteToFile('D:\Testing\dbcc.TXT','Hello world')*/
2005-03-10 (first published: 2005-02-21)
623 reads
2005-03-09 (first published: 2005-02-21)
261 reads
Remove multiple whitespace from a string (alternat
Here's an alternate way of removing multiple white spaces by using the REPLACE command.
2005-03-08 (first published: 2005-02-22)
206 reads
BCP all user tables of a database
This script will BCP all user tables of a database to individual files. The file names are tablenameyyyymmddhhmmss.dat To executeusp_bcp_out_alltables 'database','path','server'You will need to change your default 1) path2) server
2005-03-07 (first published: 2005-02-23)
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Table Function For Data Warehouse Time Dimension
This script creates a table based function that returns time dimension that would typically be seen in a data warehouse. The time dimension has aggregate values for week, month, quarter, half, and year.
2005-03-04 (first published: 2005-02-23)
1,279 reads
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Adding Bits I
I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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