Convert a decimal number to IBM EBCDIC packed decimal format. If for some reason you need to export a number to IBM systems in native format, you can define a SQL Server field as binary(8) and Pack() your decimal number into it. Then IBM mainframes and COBOL/CICS systems can read the numbers from your data […]
2002-12-04
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SQL Server provides the RESTORE HEADERONLY command which helps users determine backup completion times. What if you have the need to use this completion time for comparison, perhaps to set up a job that only restores the file if it is xx hours old. This script can be used to determine the maximum backup finish […]
2002-12-04
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These are functions and stored procedures to convert numbers to words, in three languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish. There is also a function to convert text to speech.
2002-12-04
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SQL Server provides a built-in stored procedure, sp_depends, that returns object dependencies. Recently, I discovered a need for determining dependencies on a table column, not just the table itself. For example, a table may be referenced by many stored procedures and views, but a specific column in that table may only be referenced in a […]
2002-12-03
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fix script from tcartwright@thesystemshop.com (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/scriptdetails.asp?scriptid=600) for no dbo users
2002-12-02
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Encrypt fields with these stored procedures and functions: TEA (new variant), TEA, RC4, Vigenere, Caesar, XOR, XOR8 for SQL Server This is a collection of stored procedures and encryption functions (UDF's) in TSQL.
2002-12-02
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If you ever need to create a credit card like number this stored procedure is for you.Most credit cards contain a check digit, which is the digit at the end of the credit card number. To generate the check digit, the LUHN formula is applied to the number. To validate the credit-card number, the check […]
2002-11-30
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This stored procedure is another monitoring utility that can be executed periodically as a sql server agent job. The procedure checks if there are any open connections, and if there was any recent user activity within a given period of time in a given (or any) database by a given (or any/any except given) login […]
2002-11-30
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This script will remove old versions of DTS packages. It accepts a single parameter which is used as a filter criteria on the package name. It will also remove package log records for the version that is deleted.EXAMPLE: EXEC usp_DelOldDTSPkgVersions @vcrPkgName = 'Devel'This will delete old versions for packages that have 'Devel' in the nameQuestions […]
2002-11-30
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Sometime one needs to perform an operation on all or selected databases on a server/instance. Microsoft provides undocumented store proc sp_MSForEachDb to achieve this. I use it for some clean up process as a SQL Job.
2002-11-30
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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;See possible answers