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ClearData

We can use this sp to clear data in tables.  I mainly created this sp for two reason. 1.This is useful to commence the testing from scratch.  2.Whenever we ask the database backup from our customer.  They hesitant to give the production database because of confidential.  I have used Delete and Truncate statement to clear […]

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2003-11-06

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Execute VBScript commands or .vbs files via T-SQL.

sp_ExecVBScript allows you to execute either a .vbs file or an ad-hoc VBScript command within a T-SQL batch.  Note that the command (whether it be ad-hoc or contained in the .vbs file) cannot have any code that requires user input (such as Input Boxes or Message Boxes).

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2003-11-05

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Errorlog Notification

This script Notifies the user(s) whenever there is an Error logged in the Error message. It excludes the Error messages 15457 and 1073759806. These 2 Errors can be ignored. (I know we like to keep our Elogs clean but for some time you need to yield to them J ). You’ll see the first error […]

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2003-10-30

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Join Column Values

This script will join a single selected column from a select statement into a varchar variable. This works similarly to the javascript join function with a few additional features. By default the values will be joined with commas unless an alternate delimiter is supplied. The user can specify if the delimited values should quoted. To […]

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2003-10-30

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User-defined data type dependencies

MSSQLServer has got sp_depends system sp to display the dependencies for a stored procedure, table and view.  sp_depends does not support to display the User-defined data type dependencies.  For custom database, we will create user defined data types (UDDT) and add this UDDT to a column/variable in a table/stored procedure.  This sp (UDTDepends) will help […]

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2003-10-30

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Stabilize Index

This sp is used to update index in a database.  This sp has got three optional varchar parameters.  First parameter will take the tablename. Second parameter will take the indexname.  Third parameter will take the fillfactor.  The following option we can execute the sp in a user database.1.    exec StabilizeIndexIt will update all index in […]

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2003-10-29

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Checking the Error Log I

On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?

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