sp_GetLastBackup
This will get the last date a database was backuped. It allows you to report this date on all databases on a server, or pass in a db name, and it'll report the date that db was last backed up
2002-03-07
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Scripts
Populate a table with a directory's file info.
I use this SP to return full directory information into a table. FilePath, FileName, Filedate and FileSize are parsed from a 'dir /n/on/-c ' command. FilesInDir is the table created. usage: exec LoadFileDetailsIntoTable 'c:\winnt'select * from FilesInDir where filesize > 100000select min(fileDate) from FilesInDirThe Return Code will equal the number of files found.
2002-03-05
487 reads
spAddField
spAddField is the proc I use to add all fields to the db in our upgrade scripts. With this proc, you pass it the tablename, fieldname, datatype, and null or not null. This will call spGetFieldsExists and see if the fields exists or not. If it does, spAddField will drop that column. Then it readds […]
2002-03-05
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spDropField
spDropField does exactly the opposite of spAddField. It checks for existence, then drops it, if it does exist.
2002-03-05
157 reads
spFindTableInfo
spFindTableInfo is a great proc for finding info about your database. It will accept parameters like tablename, fieldname, size, datatype. So you can run it with no params, and it'll report every table, every field in those tables, and the size, datatype and whether its nullable or not. You can filter it by Table name […]
2002-03-05
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spGetFieldsExists
spGetFieldsExists takes a tablename and a field name, and checks if that field exists in that table.It simply returns 0 or 1 (false or true).
2002-03-05
188 reads
To List all Columns and Tables in a database
This stored procedure will list all the tables and columns in a given database. Usage: spro_ListAllColumns @dbname = 'Northwind'.
2002-02-28
826 reads
Return formatted datetime as a string
Pass a datetime value and receive back a formatted string. Much like the Format$ function in Visual Basic.I put this together to provide a date string to add to filename. Also handy when you are creating text files that require datetime data to be output in weird character formats like yyddmm or yyyymm.eg: fnDate2Char(GetDate(), 'dmy', […]
2002-02-27
856 reads
Scripting user permissions
This Stored Procedure will display object level permissionsfor stated User or Role.Procedure output is ready to execute batch.Usage: Exec ScriptPermissions 'public'
2002-02-27
1,416 reads
Get Record Counts for Each Table
This script creates a stored procedure that you can call to get the record count for every table in a particular database. It uses the sp_MSforeachtable system stored procedure and a temp table.
2002-02-25
673 reads
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