2002-09-15
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Scripts
For SQL 2000. Scan frag. in all system indexes
Similar to the script posted before, but this one is for system tables with indexes, not for user tables.
2002-09-13
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Stored procedure sp_for
The sp_for procedure provides simple single-statement loop processing for T-SQL statements, similar to the FOR command in the C language or the DOS command-line utility by the same name.It's syntax is similar to that of the DOS command. It takes an argument to represent a variable, initialize the variable, set an increment, set an end […]
2002-09-13
904 reads
Creating Backup Devices
This Stored Procedure create backup devices for all user databases. You can customize path, name standard and type of device.See Creating Job Backup
2002-09-12
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Creating Job Backup
This Stored Procedure create backup job for all user databases. You can customize SQLAdmin operator.See Creating Backup Devices
2002-09-12
895 reads
FASTCOUNT() User-Defined Function (SQL 2000 only)
SQL Server's COUNT() function is a slow and expensive way to count a table's rows because it scans the entire table or index. FASTCOUNT(), which I created, is much more efficient for this purpose - its only drawback being that it may return inaccurate results if a nonlogged (e.g., bulk) data modification operation was recently […]
2002-09-10
856 reads
For SQL 2000.Scan all indexes for fragmentation
This script creates an error message with a valid error number, and alert associated with the error message. (everything when it doesn't exists). Then captures all the user indexes in the database and executes DBCC ShowContig for each one. It calculates the % of fragmentation on leaf level and fires the alert when is fragmented.Then […]
2002-09-10
2,309 reads
Changing Collation
There's only one parameter wich is the collation that we want to change to.If no collation is defined uses the default collation.
2002-09-09
2,097 reads
fnCharPad
This function allows the user to pass in a string / character value and it will padd the value according to given parameters. The parameters are as follows:@ValueToPad = Value to be padded by function.@PadCharacter = Character used to pad a given value.@Justification = Justification format bit 0 - Value will be RIGHT justified […]
2002-09-06
274 reads
fnStripChars
This function strips a list of characters from the value passed in. Useful for cleaning up input data and removing unwanted characters for streamlined data storage.
2002-09-06
343 reads
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The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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