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Rename Foreign Key Constraints

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 […]

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2003-09-19

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Know all Database sizes in a server.

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 […]

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2003-09-16

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A faster way to count rows in a table

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 […]

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2003-09-11

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Get contents of a directory/share to a table

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    […]

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2003-09-04

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To Get Latest SQL Job Status

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 […]

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2003-09-04

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Convert float to duration-time string

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) […]

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2003-09-03

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Execute large sql (>8000 chars)

With a dynamic sql script under 4000 chars use sp_executesql With under 8000 chars write it to a variable.For anything longer you can use this script.  Use UpdateText and WriteText to write your dynamic sql to a text/ntext field in a table somewhere and then pass its location to this script.

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2003-09-01

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Question of the Day

The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User

On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:

CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567'
GO
ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo
GO
I then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox
go
SELECT CURRENT_USER
What is returned?

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