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Find Procedures and tables by column

The stored proc FindObjByColumn_sp, while simple, is extremely useful when making database changes or for any reason that you need to find any tables and stored procedures that contain a particular column.  It searches the system tables of a database to find the object containing the column.  In addition, the procedure automatically adds a wildcard […]

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2002-10-31

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Script to create a standby database server(V 3.0)

Use this script to create a warm standby database server for all your user database. This new version has a new feature to allow the standby database to be in a ready-only mode so that users can access it. You can change the job schedule to suit your requirement. One bug has been fixed that […]

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2002-10-31

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sp_DBCompare

This simple script make a comparison between two given database. It compare: The table present in both database            The data type, lenght, nullability, precision for each table.            The object present in both database. The StoredProc is able to compare database across different server, simple make […]

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2002-10-31

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Changing the Owner of a Single DTS Package

This is not an original script - but one I modified from an article by Darren Green on databasejournal.com (02/21/2000).  His original script changed the owner of all DTS packages owned by @old_owner to be owned by @new_owner.  This script will change the owner of the most recent version of a specific DTS package (@p_name) […]

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2002-10-29

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Phone Number Normalization even with literals

The script will do the following:- build a ten digit phone number regardless of input column size.- Ignores extensions- Ignores leading 1, as in 1(800)...- Ignores most special characters or spaces- converts literals to digitsIt can be easily convert to a UDFEnjoy.C. Z. Ovits

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2002-10-28

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Table structure in 8 x 11 w/size, rows & indexes

Using the sp_help to get a table structure is very cumbersome.  First, in order to print it you have to use"Results in Text" not "Results in Grid".  Second, the results are very wide screen-wise and very hard to read or print.  Third, you do not get the size or number rows with the same request.This […]

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2002-10-28

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The Query Optimizer and Page Density

If I have a fillfactor set to 70%, this reduces my page density to roughly 70%. Does this affect the query plans that the optimizer chooses?

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