@strUser_nm is the owner of the table. If the modifyname table does exist, it will alter it with the same structure as the sourcename table. If the modifyname table exists, it compares the columns and add any that are missing. The procedure passes an output parameter. This is used to know if we need to […]
2003-09-22
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This script will rename all FK constraint names in your database. It will give them a user friendly name that can be used in error messages, etc. The FK contraint names will be formatted as FK_ChildTableName_ParentTableName_soid. Note: You first need to enable 'Allow modifications to be made directly to the system catalogs'. This can be […]
2003-09-19
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This is a comment on/modification of the Usp_FindAllDBSizes script on Sept 17th.Why use an inner loop when you can use a select stmt?
2003-09-17
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We can know how much space a database is occupied in hard disk by using sp_spaceused function. If we want to find all database sizes at a time, we have to provide use and sp_spaceused for all databases. It takes some time to write all those T-sql statments. My script will find each and every […]
2003-09-16
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SQL Server includes the COUNT function for counting a table's rows - however, it can be slow. Although querying the "rows" column from the sysindexes table is faster, it is not always accurate (e.g., if a bulk load process has recently taken place). In addition, you would not be able to use this method in […]
2003-09-11
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This a modification to the script given by eugene_b.It generates prime numbers to the upper bound you specify.I have done some simple modifications to speed the process
2003-09-10
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2003-09-08
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Following on from todays QOD (on xp_cmdshell permissions) I thought this might be useful.Takes a directory or UNC path and returns the contents as a table. eg:exec sp_getdir '\\mypc\c$'returns:datestring timestring directory filesize nameoffile---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------18/07/2003 10:45 1 NULL Documents and Settings18/07/2003 11:02 […]
2003-09-04
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This query will give you the current job status of all scheduled jobs on sql server. Just by using sysJobs, and sysJobHistory table you will get to know the details about the last status of the scheduled jobs, irrespective of their status like failed, successful, or cancelled.Note: You must have admin right on MSDB database […]
2003-09-04
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This UDF is using in reporting where lots of durations are calculated, stored and then summed up and averaged for reports. By storing the durations as floats (which are similar to the fixed point numbers datetimes are stored as) math functions are simpler.The problem is that float-times are not human readable, and cast(@floatime as datetime) […]
2003-09-03
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