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Update multiple rows (in a set) using a single SP

Here is another variation of processing multiple records with a single procedure call but allowing for set processing.The helper functions make use of the sequencetable pattern. These helper functions can be used to parse strings into records, so one gets a list, or simply return the nth field.There are two functions that will parse into […]

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2004-12-17 (first published: )

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Large auto-job-creation script for adding backups

This script creates a stored proc that was intended to run from a trigger on the master..sysdatabases for each database creation. Alas. It will create three jobs for each database you apply it to. First, it'll create a job to run a full backup each Sun, at 5am (see below). Those backups will be retained […]

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2004-12-16 (first published: )

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Auto Fix Orphaned Users

Add this procedure to the master database, it can then be executed from any DB to fix orphaned users (very useful when moving back to development). Using sp_msforeachdb with the proc allows you to resolve orphaned users in all databases in a single command: SP_MSFOREACHDB "USE ?; EXEC SP_AUTOFIX_USERS;"

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2004-12-15 (first published: )

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Build DATELOOKUP table

This script creates a table named DATELOOKUP which is used for looking up date related values. Each record represents date related info about the date in the column dtDate. For example the iMonth column stores the integer value of the month of dtDate and sShortMonth stores the abbreviated name of that same month. Use this […]

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2004-12-13 (first published: )

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Where_Am_I

This SP takes a string to be searched as input parameter, loops through all tables, views, Sp-s in the database andreturns the name of the object it was found and number of occurences

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2004-12-10 (first published: )

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BIT_COUNT() IV

In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:

select bit_count('A')
What is returned?

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