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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This vbscript is used to alert and email receipients on Filegroup space usageOuput: '% Space Avail. , Space Avail. Filesize, MaxSize, FileName, DBname, FileGroupThe process takes three arguments - SqlserverName , Threshold for percentage of available space to check ,Mininum MaxFileSize to checkExecute the script either from the command line or schedule the script via […]
2003-08-01
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This script displays the size of each SQL Server database and database file plus the size of the next extension that will be added to each file. It also displays on each line the total and remaining free disk space for whichever disk each database file is stored on.The output is nothing fancy, and could […]
2003-07-30
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I'm trying to repost the same script submitted on 7/9/2003 which didn't get posted completely for some reason.
2003-07-27
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By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
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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 GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers