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Script to automatically restore needed log-backups

Given a backupfile with a lot of sequential log-backups, this script automatically restores just those backups out of the file, which are necessary to bring the database up to a given timelag relating to the original database.Params are path to backupfile, name of the db to restore to, timelag in minutes.

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2004-09-08 (first published: )

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yet another backup script usp_backup

I wrote this to backup to a network share you can set the backup to spool to the local disk first then it will move it to another drive or to a unc just fine. Directory to hold and move to are not optional but if you set them to the same path it won't […]

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2004-09-06 (first published: )

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Script to transfer logins to second server

Modification of DR_Script_Logins.sql by Bruce Canady.Puts out a script to add new logins or change the password of existing logins.I insert the output into a table in my production-db.   insert database.dbo.login_table exec master.dbo.dr_script_loginsThat way its backed up with the data, and the logins can be restored anywhere by the script i added at the […]

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2004-09-03 (first published: )

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Create an audit trigger on a table

Sometimes you need an audit trigger on a table. I have created a generic trigger that will work for (almost)every table. if the audit table is not there yet, It will copy the table structure (but strip identity attributes) and put all the data in an AUDIT_ table.I believe this will work for almost every […]

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2004-09-02

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alert on blocking chains via email

This is a script I use to watch for blocking chains on a server there are four variables to be set. @Duration tells it how long to run. This will be an active thread for the duration. @IntervalSec how often to poll for blocking. @maxwaittime time in miliseconds a thread that is blocked that you […]

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2004-09-01 (first published: )

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Search for text in procedures and show context

This script will search for text within stored procedures and udf's. As a bonus, it will also diplay a user-configurable number of lines from each stored proc to show the search text "in context" so you can tell if it is something you need to deal with without having to open every proc manually.

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2004-08-30 (first published: )

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Bulk Insert proc to try out ur optimization skills

This SP can be used for bulk inserting data from an ascii text file onto a table. You have to change the structure, of the temporary table (ITEM_MASTER_TEMP) and the actual table onto which data is inserted, to suit ur needs . I wish you people workout this SP and try to optimize it as […]

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2004-08-26 (first published: )

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Find strings in text of stored procedures

Ussualy this kind of scripts queries sysobjects and syscomments like this:select distinct object_name(O.id)from syscomments as Cjoin sysobjects as O on O.id = C.id and o.type = 'P' -- search string only in stored procedureswhere C.text like '%insert into MyTable%'When the text of stored procedures, triggers, functions is over 4000 characters, it is saved in syscomments […]

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2004-08-26

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