Send Message to users from SQL
This is simple Sql command to send Message to users connected in Windows NT Environment. The Xp_cmdshell stored procedure can be used along with WinNT net send command.
2002-01-06
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Scripts
Transaction Log Can´t Clear
When the transaction log is full, sometimes the SQLServer 6.5 and 6.0 does not clear the transactions after dump command. This situation occours because not enough more page to record a end-point for transaction.
2002-01-06
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Encryption Example
Here in this T-sql tip I'am trying to compare the word "Hijacker" with two cases(line 3 and 4). Now they are in same when you compare the case (letter to letter), now you change the case of word "Hijacker" in either of the lines and run this SQL statements it will return different results. This […]
2002-01-05
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Generate Drop Script for all Objects of a Type
Generates a series of drop statements for all objects of the input type (e.g., 'U' for User Tables). Install in the master database.
2002-01-04
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Shrink DBs - Job Script
I'm posting this job script because it gets used by my scheduler script. It simply enumerates through each database on the server, and then executes a DBCC SHRINKDATABASE. The only wrinkle here is that I have it do a quick check to make sure that certain jobs are not already running.
2002-01-04
1,187 reads
Transaction Logs - Job Script
I've included this job script, because it is used by the scheduler scripts that I've also posted. This job is a little more involved than most may need... It first checks to see if certain jobs are running. Is so, it waits for a while, and then checks again. After that it drops the existing […]
2002-01-04
1,148 reads
Check Jobs Current State
I created this script in an attempt to better automate many different jobs that run each morning, as part of a datawarehouse build. I use it to not only tell me what jobs are currently running (so that I can manage how many I would like to run at a time), but what happened to […]
2002-01-03
1,290 reads
Generate Restore DB Scripts from prev backups v1.0
Using the the MSDB backup tables, will generate the basic disk RESTORE commands for a database. It will include the Full, differential and all associated log recovery commands for you. Run the stored proc in Query Analyser then copy/alter the output to recover your DB. Great if using EE is not your cup of tea. […]
2002-01-03
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List DB Backup Summary
Basic summary of all successful backups to date in descending date and ascending DB name order.
2002-01-03
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Port from Oracle's TRANSLATE Function
Here is a port from the Oracle's TRANSLATE function to T-SQL. It gets three arguments: a string to be searched, a string with a set of characters to be found and replaced, and another set of characters as the replacements. Example: SELECT dbo.TRANSLATE('ABCDE', 'BD', 'CE') It will return 'ACCEE'.
2002-01-03
482 reads
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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