SP_DBA_AUTOTRANS_DUMP_LOG
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
262 reads
Scripts
sp_dba_spacealert_dmo.vbs
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
358 reads
Display Database, File, Free and Total Disk Space
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
1,328 reads
sp_dbsize
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
776 reads
Pad Number
A simple UDF for padding out numbers with a specific character (eg: pad 3 to show as 003).Usefull when you can only sort as a text item or for formatting purposes.Script is similar to the SPACE() function but allow the padding character to be defined.Usage:dbo.padNumber('string to pad', padsize, padchar)eg:SELECT dbo.padNumber('53', 4, '0') as testNumReturns:testNum-------0053
2003-07-25
217 reads
Zip Code Radius Search
Enter the starting zip code and the number of miles for a radius search and the SP will return all the zip codes within the number of miles specified.The data file can be found at http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/zips.txtThe record layout van be found at http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/zip90r.txt
2003-07-24
2,555 reads
Generic paged data like MySQL LIMIT
This works, however code is creating a live temp_1 table in the database instead of using a #temp_1 temporary table because is just would not work.The next idea I had was to use a unique table name per connection for temp_1, but I would really rather use temporary tables.I am hoping some SQL guru's can […]
2003-07-22
148 reads
An alternative to self-joins
Oftentimes there is a need to retrieve different types of the same object (e.g. contacts). For example, in a Contacts database, you might have a Contact table containing many different types of contacts (employees, customers, suppliers, etc). Typically, a user might need to see a report of all different types of contacts for an order […]
2003-07-18
862 reads
Check if someone use a database or not
I manage quite a few hundred databases across the company. Time to time I get a question if I can check wheather a database is beeing used or not, and if it is, by whom?There are probably a 1000 ways to do this, but I've created a script for creating a scheduled job that runs […]
2003-07-15
2,673 reads
Group numbering
An easy way to organize the data by groups of sequential numbers. This is very helpful for splitting up a large file into numerous smaller files. You can then create the smaller files by filtering for the row number per file.
2003-07-09
237 reads
Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
Forums
Admin Rights for Everyone
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Admin Rights for Everyone
Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL:...
RegEx Functions I
Comments posted to this topic are about the item RegEx Functions I
Question of the Day
RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
See possible answers