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GET COUNT(*) from 1 table

IN a scenario where the user would like to retrieve the Count(*) from a table without any condition, in that case this query will workselect count(*) from 'Suppose product is the table,if the product table is light then its ok but if it contains a huge data, then this query can be used.select max(rowcnt) from […]

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2002-09-26

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Grant permissions to a role

A very simple script that will first create a role (if it does not exist yet) and then grant full permissions on tables, views and stored procedures to the newly created role. Of course, you can add any filtering (i.e. grant permissions only for tables beginning with "abc") or grant partial permissions (SELECT or DELETE […]

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2002-09-26

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Random string and random number generators

The first part will create 2 stored procedures with self-explanatory names. The second is a standalone SQL that may be used in any stored procedure, script or DTS package.The generated string does not have any spaces and include only lower-case letters. To include anything else just change the boundaries for ASCII codes in the script.The […]

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2002-09-26

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Find circular references in single table

The objective is to find circular references in a single table related to itself. The script deals with a sample table Skills that have a SkilGUID (primary key) field and a SkilParentGUID field which is a foreign key to the record's parent from the same table. The number of levels in the hierarchy is not […]

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2002-09-24

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Script Database Objects

Others have asked for this throught the disussion threads so I thought others might benefit as well.This SQL-DMO script will create multiple files for server logins (SIDs & encrypted passwords), database users, tables, procedures and views.1.  Alter the script to reflect your server and path for output files.2.  Create the job (ActiveX Script).Be great!Michael

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2002-09-20

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Changing the Recovery Time

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;

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