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 of the columns, the names with their datatypes, the list of columns with each one set to an identically-named variable, and a list of variables with the same names as the […]
2003-08-12
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Takes a simple string of delimited values, and returns a table type of the values stripped out. This can be easily incorporated in existing SQL statements utilising standard joins. Classic example of a UDF returning the TABLE data type.
2003-08-10
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The server goes down and you are scrambling to remember settings, file names, locations, etc. about your databases on that server. This script captures that useful information before a serious problem occurs. I run it as an OSQL (ISQL) job and send the output file to my backup folder so the infomation goes to tape […]
2003-08-07
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It is sometimes necessary to have information regarding the database objects like stored procedures and triggers for e.g. we need to get information about a stored procedure like what paramters it has and so on.The sp_help system stored procedure comes in handy.What this store procedure does is that it returns result set. The result will […]
2003-08-07
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Purpose: To create a User Defined SQL Function that can convert a string into a Proper Case string.Installation: Run the Create Function First then run the Alter Function Statement directly after.
2003-08-07
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This script will output an estimate for the space required for a given number of rows for a specified table; the estimated size is based on the data produced by the "sp_spaceused" stored procedure.The script is written as stand alone, though it also lends itself to creation as a stored procedure, and can be run […]
2003-08-07
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UDF Random Password GeneratorYou can not use the RAND function directly from a User Defined Function. So the UDF I wrote "fn_RandomPassword" uses the view "view_RandomPassword8" to get the random charaters.Having the random password generator is useful if you need to insert a large number of users into a table with random passwords assigned.For example […]
2003-08-07
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This VBS function will convert a string into Proper Case (i.e. This Is Proper Case) during the execution of the DTS package. Wrap the DTSSource function with the PropCase function and the result is a Proper Case transformationexampleFunction Main() DTSDestination("Field1") = PropCase(DTSSource("Col019")) Main = DTSTransformStat_OKEnd Function
2003-08-05
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This script will find all foreign key contraints in the database it is run on. Includes.Name of Foreign KeyName of table FK is onName of column FK is onName of table FK referencesName of column FK references
2003-08-01
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Purpose : This routine will dump the transaction logs based on the percentage on how full the transaction logs are based on parmeter from the logthres table […]
2003-08-01
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If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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