Take a Cold Backup without shutting down SQL.
Set the Autoclose database option to True and perform a cold backup of your data files without even shutting down the SQL Server Services.
2002-04-25
944 reads
Scripts
Detect SQL Server Instances using reg.exe
Detect SQL Server Instance(s) using reg.exe from the resource kit, just pass the host name! (and make sure reg.exe from the resouce kit is in the ../tools/bin directory. SS2k Only.Enjoy!
2002-04-23
1,064 reads
DTS-Less and Jobless Approach to Table Freshness
How about getting the data when the table data is first queried? The following script checks to see if the specified table (@MyTable) has been updated today. If so, just return the data found. If not, then get the data from a "fresher source". Great for ASP that performs table reporting and needs "baked daily" […]
2002-04-23
1,559 reads
Employee Email Addresses Function
This function provides easy email address creation from employee's LastName, First name.Enjoy!!
2002-04-23
1,333 reads
Quick update/insert into one table from another
This script will show how quickly update records in one table with information from another or insert records if they are completely new.
2002-04-23
2,206 reads
Generate Delete Stored Procedure
This procedure will generate a delete stored procedure against a provided table and column name in your database. It will search for foriegn key constraints and create a delete statement for each one found in the database. The procedure has three parameters:@table_name nvarchar(128) = the name of the source table@column_name nvarchar(128) = the name of […]
2002-04-22
282 reads
List Network Share Directories Quickly
Need a quick way to list shared folders? Do it in one call. Great for ASP page popups and user drop-down lists.Let's say that you want to display a list of projects, just call usp_GET_ProjectFolder and VIOLA! Only works with 2k; however, can be ported to ss7 if the udf is ported to a proc […]
2002-04-22
356 reads
Report table and column-level extended properties
SQL Server 2000's extended properties provide an easy way to store your data dictionary documentation within the database itself. This stored proc provides an easy way to extract all the table and column-level descriptions from those system tables for reporting purposes. This procedure can easily be modified to provide additional information to suite your needs. […]
2002-04-22
247 reads
Reset Identity Column with sp_IdentReSeed
Getting tired of dropping tables just re-seed the identity column? Remember, TRUNCATE TABLE doesn't work with foreign keys on tables. --EXAMPLE:DELETE FROM MyTablesp_Reseed 'MyTable'
2002-04-22
1,079 reads
Send True SMTP Mail using CDOSys instead of CDONTS
SQL Server 2000 and Windows 2000 Only.Microsoft suggest using CDOSys rather than CDONTS. CDOSys stands for Collaboration Data Objects for Windows 2000 Subsystems. Below is a script that allows you do do just that. NO EXCHANGE REQUIRED!! Sample sends the user HTML Mail!Be sure to change @ServerIPAddr to your SMTP server.
2002-04-22
1,914 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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