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Get Filegrowth info from backuphistory

This uses info in backup tables to display growth of datafiles (LDF and MDF) and actual datagrowth (backupsize)  over a period of time.  Replace parameter values with name of your database and date from when you want info displayed. Results are best viewed in grid.

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2003-08-20

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A more efficient ForEach routine

SQL 2000's sp_MSForEachDB and sp_MSForEachTable are useful procedures for performing operations against multiple objects; however, they aren't always extremely efficient, because internally they use cursors to do their work.These 2 sprocs, sp_ForEachDB and sp_ForEachTable, perform many of the same tasks as their Microsoft-shipped twins, but run faster because they dynamically build the SQL string without […]

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2003-08-19

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Column_Gitter Part Deux

This script is similar to Column_Gitter.  I noticed this script and wanted to present the same output without the use of cursors.  Both scripts work well and produce the same results.  This little utility comes in handy if you do a lot of SQL coding. Given a table name, it'll return four results: The names […]

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2003-08-14

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Database data dictionary

This script returns a description of the database with references to all tables in the database with keys listed. If the column description has been filled out the listing includes that text.If you want to get a report on the structure of each database, just add this script to each database, and then use a […]

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2003-08-14

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ISINTEGER function

This function is similar to the ISNUMERIC native function, but tests for a valid integer.  ISNUMERIC can return false positive results when testing for a valid integer.  For example this select returns a value of 1 (true):select isnumeric('3d8')For 6.x and 7.0, you can easily convert it to a procedure.

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2003-08-14

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List All Constraints

These four scripts list concise information about all Default, Check, Unique, Foreign Key, and Primary Key constraints for the database in which they are run.  With minor column modifications, they could easily be unioned to provide a single list. The usual caveat applies about directly accessing system tables. They may change in future versions and/or […]

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2003-08-14

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Script to View Server's Free HD Space

This VBScript script lets you display the available disk space in each one of your administered DB servers.You have to call it with ONE argument: the filename of an archive that contains a list of known servers over which you have administration permissions.  If you program VBScript, you can put alarms when any drive goes […]

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2003-08-13

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