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SQL SCRIPT to grant DBC_Execute to all user SP

SQL SCRIPT to grant DBC_Execute to all user defined Stored Procs.This SQL SCRIPT is handy specially after Stored Procs are DROPPED & CREATED; often users dont mention the SQL to grant DBC_Execute permission to the Store Procs.This SQL SCRIPT will grant execute permission to DBC_Execute for all user defined Stored Procs. The SCRIPT can be […]

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2004-10-03

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Verify all DBs are part of a Maintenance Plan

This is a script you can run on a per-server basis, from any database in Query Analyzer or incorporate into a stored procedure, that will examine all databases on that instance of SQL and show what Maintenance Plan(s) they are part of, if any. Shows clearly any databases that are not currently part of a […]

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2004-10-01

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Count elapsed business days between two dates

This is a UDF that counts the days between two dates ignoring weekends and corporate holidays (as supplied in a lookup table). This ignores the time component but could be adjusted should you need to. If both days are on the same work day then the elapsed days is considered 1. If started Monday and […]

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2004-09-30

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Last Day of Month

A script was recently published (Last_Date_Of_Month) that returns the last day of a given month/year combination. I have simplified and improved on that script by eliminating the need to use a WHILE loop. This new script exploits the flexibility of the DATEADD function which allows you to assign negative numbers (thus effectively subtracting a given […]

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Switching Schemas I

I run this query:

SELECT 
 s.name AS schemaname
 , o.name AS objectname
 FROM sys.objects o
 INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id
 WHERE o.name = 'Beer'
I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beer
What happens?

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