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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 […]

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2002-09-13

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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 […]

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2002-09-10

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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 […]

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2002-09-10

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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 […]

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2002-09-06

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Identify a Slipstream Installation

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