Get Record Counts for All Tables in Every Database
This stored procedure produces a report of record counts for every table on your server. The record count report is organized by database, and table name.
2002-05-16
677 reads
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Randomise the order of a SELECT
I have a set of data that I need to display in a random order each time I displayed it. There are several ways to do this, for example using a CURSOR to add each record to a temp table with a GUID, but a quick and dirty way to do this is to use […]
2002-05-16
537 reads
SQL Mail Stop and Start
Since SQL Mail periodically stops working and the simplefix is to stop and start it, this script does just that.It can be scheduled to run as a task as often as desiredusing an ISQL command (e.g. isql -U sa -P -i "e:\dba\mailstopstart.sql" -o "e:\dba\mailstopstart.out")or as a stored procedure. It has been tested on SQL 6.5 […]
2002-05-16
1,218 reads
Get total file size of backup for last full backup
The information for backup size is stored in the backup_size column of the backupset table in the msdb database as the total bytes for that backup. This script allow you to look at the total back to tape or file so you can plan space needs for those devices. This is a simple piece of […]
2002-05-14
4,665 reads
Notify All users loged in as SA
Procedure that net sends a message to any user who logged in as SA.IN. had to use this once in the company where SA password was blank for a while and managment did not want to set a password on the account. You can also set it to work with any username or for users […]
2002-05-14
905 reads
Procedure for Random Numbers
Here is handy procedure to generate random number.I find it useful when I generate large amount of test data in a database.For example if you need to create a Customer Data and what they have purchased in the last month to run perfrmance tests on large amount of data an set up necessary indexes.You can […]
2002-05-13
710 reads
Get the current state of triggers.
One thing that many people may do is disable a trigger temporarily to make changes without the trigger causing an issue. This is a simple way to quickly get all the triggers states in a database, so you can verify is it enabled or disabled.
2002-05-12
515 reads
Convert numeric values to their English names
With this store procedure you can send a parameters like 2379.56 and it will return the word value "TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE AND 56/100".
2002-05-10
703 reads
Parse a delimited string, return n-th value
This UDF will parse a string delimited by the character you specify and return the value in the n-th position you requested.Example:select dbo.fn_parse('this string', ' ', 1) --> 'this'select dbo.fn_parse('this string', ' ', 2) --> 'string'select dbo.fn_parse('this string', ' ', 3) --> NULLselect dbo.fn_parse('this string', ' ', 2) --> ''
2002-05-10
519 reads
Retrieve default value for parameter in procedure
This procedure will return DEFAULT value for the parameter in the stored procedure. Usage: Use pubs go declare @Value varchar(30) exec _GetParamDefault 'random_password','@password_type',@value OUTPUT SELECT @VALUE Also accepts different versions, by default, if not specified, first version info retrieved. exec _GetParamDefault 'random_password;2','@password_type',@value
2002-05-10
363 reads
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The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
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