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SP to determine database file growth at intervals

I wrote this SP to be run from a job every night. Change the myDB reference to be a database on your system for DBA use.I just set up a job to run:Exec sp_CatchFileChangesThen I run in another step:Select * from mydb.dbo.tbl_sysaltfiles_3and output to a log file.Alternatively you could insert into another table with a […]

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2003-01-13

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Inherriting objects from an updated MODEL database

If new objects are created in the model database then these new objects only get created for new databases.Similarly, if objects are removed from user databases then getting them back into the database can be a pain.The following two stored procs copy objects from model to the current database if they do not already exist.

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2003-01-10

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Calculate Earth global distances

I wrote this sp to be able to calculate the distance between two locations on the earth if the latitude and longitude is known for each.  Could be useful for GPS work or maps.Usage:If I know the following city locations:Sydney         151.2 E             33.87 SCanberra       149.15 E             […]

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2003-01-09

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Check if batch is running.

WARNING:  This is resource intensive. Don't use except as a last resort.I wrote this to be able to find if a TSQL batch is running already on a SQL Server.  I use this rarely when I have to know to prevent running something twice.Usage:DECLARE @RC intDECLARE @SQLBatch nvarchar(255)-- Set parameter valuesEXEC @RC = [master].[dbo].[sp_RunningCheck] @SQLBatch […]

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2003-01-09

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Convert Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal UDF

I wrote this function to work with my sp_EarthDistance stored procedure.It converts the regular degrees/minutes/seconds representation of angles to a decimal number.Remember to use '' instead of ' within a string to be treated a character and not an end quote.Sydney location    151¦12'0 "E               33¦52'0 "S and in […]

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2003-01-09

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Search All Columns in All Tables for a string

This procedure can search all columns in one or all tables for a specified string. Prints out the TableName.ColumnName that the string is found in...--     Example Calls--     EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns MyTable, 'tcart' --search a specific table--         --     EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns default, 'tcart' --search all tables BUG FIX : (2003/01/20) Changed SELECT @columnName […]

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2003-01-09

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Updating Changed Passwords for warm Servers

One of the challenges weve faced is changing passwords in a warm server to reflect changes made to the live server.  The initial transfer of users and passwords was performed by the   sp_help_revlogin   script provided by Microsoft at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246133.  The difficulty with this script was once the users are in place, you cant sync changed […]

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2003-01-08

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Changing the Recovery Time

I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?

ALTER DATABASE Finance 
 SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;

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