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spAuditPasswords

This script is actually part of an article written about performing a simple password audit on SQL Server logins when you start to administor a new SQL Environment. The script will scan the sysxlogins table located in the master database for SQL Server logins with no passwords, passwords that are the same as the login […]

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2002-03-27

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Compare the structure & code of 2 databases

We often make changes in the test databases. But failure in making even the smallest change in the production database may lead to unwanted situations.This utility compares 2 databases.Parameters to be passed   @DB1  Database 1 (SysName)  @DB2  Databse 2 (SysName)  @ShowDifferentOnly see later (Bit)       Parameters 1, 2 may include server name as  well. […]

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2002-03-22

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Use DELETE On Many Tables With Foreign Keys

When deleting data from many tables, foreign key constraints can force you to specifically order your DELETE commands. This can take tons of time, especially if you have many tables.  Here's a technique I use to delete data in the correct order during the restaging of test databases.It makes use of the system stored procedure […]

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2002-03-22

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Get BCP out for all tables in a DB

           The script mentioned below will export data in all tables into textfiles to a physical path on your system using BCP utility from a Database. The sql commands used in this stored procedure are BCP utility,Identity function and temporary tables.    Here you required to give 4 input parameters, they […]

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2002-03-15

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Script to Find Locations of Specified Column

Use this script to find tables, views, stored procedures that directly reference a column in the SELECT statement or in a join. This script will also return stored procedure and view names that have SELECT * in them when the specified column exists in the table referenced by that SELECT statement.

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2002-03-15

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Detect the Amount of Wasted Data Space in a Table for 2000

SP_WASTED_SPACE will run through each column in your database and print a report of all the character columns. It will then print a report with :* The maximum length that a column is storing* The average length of data stored in each column* The amount of wasted space in each column* Hints on how to […]

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2002-03-14

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Display Rows/Space Used by all user tables

This procedure will display the rows, reserved, data, index and unused space used in KB for all user tables in the database.  The idea is to call sp_spaceused repeatedly.  Limitation: certain versions of sp_spaceused will truncate the table name to 20 characters.Speed will depend on current activity level and locking in the database.  It will […]

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2002-03-14

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