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Find SA password with public role-perm test DBA

Find SA Password (Brute Force) with Public RoleFindSApublic is a brute-force password cracker that requires only public role.Possibilities  returns how many different passwords are possible with 1 up to c characters from a universe of n different characters.Usage:FindSApublic nN is an integer which is the maximum length of the password to attempt cracking.Acknowledgmentsoriginal idea: David […]

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2002-12-04

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PACK() user defined function

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 […]

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2002-12-04

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Script to determine backup finish times

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 […]

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2002-12-04

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Dependencies on a specific table column

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 […]

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2002-12-03

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Add Check Digit (LUHN)

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 […]

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2002-11-30

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Check user activity

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 […]

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