Generate excel-html file
Generate an html-excel file with any table. Does not need Excel to generate , because does not use Excel automation
2004-02-12
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Scripts
Global Database Field Search
Search all text fields in a database for a literal string.Outputs SQL statements to query analyser window, which can then be run in a new window.
2004-02-10
223 reads
Global String Search & Replace In All DB Fields
Stored procedure to search every field in the database for a string literal. Run the stored procedure in Query analyser, which will output sql statements to do the search. The output of these searches will be the update sql, which again should be pasted into a query analyser window. As the stored procedures do not […]
2004-02-10
282 reads
SQL Server Log Reader
This script outputs the data in chronological order from the current SQL Server log.Output columns are: Log Entry Time, Event Source, Log Entry Text. This data matches with the data that can be seen under the SQL Server logs view in Enterprise Manager.The script is stand alone, but could easily be parameterised to work as […]
2004-02-10
907 reads
generate excel-html file
Generate an html-excel file with any table. Does not need Excel to generate , because does not use Excel automation.
2004-02-08
559 reads
XTAB - CROSSTAB UTILITY
sp_XTAB (prototype) produces pivoted (crosstab) views/output with a minimum of fuss.No messing with code, just tell XTAB what you want to pivot.Tested to 764 pivoted columns, XTAB can generate up to 63000 characters of dynamic sql. Example (deliberately over-simplified)----------------------updated 27 January 2004Use NorthwindEXEC sp_XTAB 'Northwind','xtEMPL_COUNTRY','Orders','EmployeeID','ShipCountry', '', 'OrderID','COUNT','NULL', '', 'SELECT xtEMPL_COUNTRY.* FROM xtEMPL_COUNTRY' -- Include optional […]
2004-01-24
421 reads
Check if IP address is in private IP range
Function to allow for checking if an IP address is a private IP address. Will convert the IP to a bigint equivalent if within the private range, otherwise it will return null if IP is a public address.Requires function IPStringToNumber which is included in the post
2004-01-23
1,362 reads
Foreign Key DDL wizard
This script can be run when you want to do batch processing on a database, such as a dynamic truncate statement for all tables in your database. This script will actually script all the Foreign Keys in your database, and then store them into a table called FOREIGN_KEY_TEMP. It will then generate, and execute, all […]
2004-01-22
300 reads
2004-01-22
426 reads
T-SQL UDF to test for 'File In Use' ect.
Useful for testing if file is available for manipulation prior to trying to "process" it.From forum thread http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=9&messageid=19344Thought I may as well add it to the Scripts Library.
2004-01-16
337 reads
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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