File create/modified/accessed date w/out scripting
This script demonstrates a simple way to query a files create, modified or last accessed date without using a scripting and is availble in TSQL using xp_cmdshell.
2002-04-11
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2002-04-11
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How to get last restore date and orginal DBName.
This script will output the Orignal DB Name, Destination DB Name and Last Restore date for the databases. You get a specific database just add a where clause against the appropriate field. It makes use of the restorehistory and backupset tables in the MSDB database.
2002-04-11
2,582 reads
Output all figures of the tables' usage
This store procedure outputs the tables' usage figures in a usable (I hope) format. If you create in the master database it will show the information for the database that it runs against.
2002-04-11
391 reads
Permissions Crosstab
This procedure takes the results of sp_helprotect and converts it into a crosstab -- all permissions for a user/table combination are listed in a single row
2002-04-11
456 reads
Database structure queries
Gets most important information of database structure. This includes all user tables, their fields, datatypes, defaults (including default constraint names), etc, primary keys and their fields, unique constraints and their fields, check constraints (including their conditions), foreign key constraints and their fields aswell as any other indexes and their fields. Should be quite useful for […]
2002-04-08
3,067 reads
DateDiff2 Function
A Modified Version of dateDiff. DateDiff Fucntion checks the "datepart" only of the dates. This modified function returns how many "date part" is exactly passed.
2002-04-08
1,069 reads
Get All Tables Where Column Exist With Column Info
This procedure will get all tables with column information where column exist.There is an option to search for exact or "like" name. By default it's exact name
2002-04-08
849 reads
Get week information (beginning, end) for the date
This procedure will get week information ( number,day start-day finish) for requested date. By default output dates are in 'mm/dd/yyyy' format.Format of the output dates could be changed (see 'style' info in the SQL HelpFile for 'Convert' function)
2002-04-08
990 reads
spAllTables
Script that will show a method of replacing a cursor with a temporary table. This script will loop through all the databases on a server and run sp_spaceused on all user tables.
2002-04-08
646 reads
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