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.
2003-01-10
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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 […]
2003-01-09
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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 […]
2003-01-09
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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 […]
2003-01-09
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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 […]
2003-01-09
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Use the sp_MSforeachtable stored procedure to run the sp_spaceused stored procedure for every table in a database
2003-01-08
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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 […]
2003-01-08
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This UDF will return the checksum for a SP or UDF to help tracking changes to the code.Example:print dbo.OBchecksum('hello')
2003-01-07
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This script can be used to display the number of rows of all the tables in a database.
2003-01-02
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You can use it when you want to generate a script which can insert data row by row.
2002-12-31
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