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Stored procedure for viewing trigger details

This is a stored procedure for viewing details of trigger. It accepts trigger name as a optional parameter. When specified, it shows details of only that trigger. If no trigger name is specified shows the details of all the triggers in that database. this SP is created in master database but can be called from […]

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2002-06-12

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Get Notified When Accounts Are Changed

Perfect for finding developers that are changing your database accouts.  This procedure can check the sysusers table for each database and\or the master..syslogins table for account changes.  Gives the option of email notification, logging to a table or both. Update the set statements at the begining of the procedure to configure it however you like.  […]

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2002-06-07

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Proc to Query MSDB..SYSJOBS and SYSJOBSTEPS

TSQL:Procedure to Lookup JobsJack Donnell,jack@JackDonnell.com Have you ever kept altering the same query to look for different items in you database?I took a hint from MS with all the sp_help and other system stored procedures and made a two scripts this one to query for databases scheduled tasks or jobs as they are now called.The […]

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2002-06-07

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Proc to Query Syscomments and Sysobjects

TSQL:Procedure to Query for Dependent ObjectsJack Donnell,jack@JackDonnell.com Have you ever kept altering the same query to look for different items in you database?I took a hint from MS with all the sp_help and other system stored procedures and made a two scripts this one to query for databases dependednt objects or references.I also created another […]

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2002-06-07

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Simple email with CDONTS

Here is a strait forward script that allows you to use CDONTS to send email.  Note that the Subject, From, CC and BCC are all optional parameters.  Because it uses a fully qualified path, this procedure can live in any database on the server.  CDONTS will need to be installed on the server.

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2002-06-06

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sp_lock2  = sp_lock +shows database and object name

sp_lock2 is similar to sp_lock, except that it displays the database name, object name and index name instead of the ids.  It accepts no parameters unlike the sp_lock procedure which can take an optional spid parameter. The basis for the main query which queries the system tables for lock info was taken from the sp_lock […]

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2002-06-06

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BIT_COUNT() IV

In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:

select bit_count('A')
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