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Drop Statistics

This procedure was created to automate the dropping of statistics on a user specified table.  Very simple code, but handy if the need is there.Replace 'tablename' throughout script with the name of the table intended to temporarily house the statistics name(s).

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2002-11-01

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Execute DTS package using OA procedures

This script will execute a DTS package using the sp_OA stored procedures. It accepts six parameters which specify the server name, security mode flag, userid, password, package name and optional package password.Eg:For SQL SecurityEXEC usp_ExecDTSPackage @vcrSrvr='Server', @bitIntSec=0, @vcrUID='UserID', @vcrPWD='Password', @vcrPkgName='Package Name', @vcrPkgPWD='Package Password'For Windows SecurityEXEC usp_ExecDTSPackage @vcrSrvr='Server', @bitIntSec=1, @vcrPkgName='Package Name', @vcrPkgPWD='Package Password'It uses a function […]

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2002-10-31

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Find and Replace VBScript within DTS Package

This script will find and replace specified text within all ActiveXScript tasks with a certain text string in the description. It was designed on SQL 2000, but I think it will run on SQL 7 as it doesn't reference any SQL 2000 specific properties. It opens a package object and then loops through the steps […]

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2002-10-31

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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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