Get Rid of All Those Pesky 1 MB File Growth DB Files
Use sp_MSForeEachDB to set all 1 MB file growth databases to 10%.
2013-05-31 (first published: 2012-11-10)
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Scripts
Search all stored procedures on all databases
Need to find every stored procedure in any database that references the table FooBar? Here is a quick and easy search to do that.
2013-05-30 (first published: 2013-05-22)
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Find Blocked SQL and Blocked By Information.
This is a stored procedure which can be used to find which processes are been blocked by each other. This Procedure will also provide SQL information associated with the blocked SPID.
2013-05-23 (first published: 2009-06-15)
2,881 reads
To Check for Orphaned Users in a Database
This script is helpful to identify the orphaned users in a database, useful when we restore a database from a different location.
2013-05-22 (first published: 2008-07-20)
2,713 reads
SSIS Synchronize Remote FTP Directory
Get a distinct list of file names from a table into an ArrayList and compare against a remote FTP server. Retrieve only the files that have not already been processed into the database.
2013-05-17 (first published: 2008-09-11)
2,915 reads
Custom Maintenance Plans - the T-SQL way
The non-SSIS/GUI method I use to deploy standardized Database Maintenance Plans.
2013-05-16 (first published: 2009-05-07)
4,440 reads
Generate a random password
If you ever need a quick way to generate random passwords, this is a pretty useful way to do so.
2013-05-15 (first published: 2008-09-24)
3,396 reads
Union Forcing Distinct
The use of union would seem to force a distinct in each of the select statements being unioned. The use multiple unions, with mixed union and union all clauses, seems to cause haphazard results.
2013-05-14 (first published: 2013-04-30)
968 reads
Format Currency Into a String
I had a requirement to produce a formatted currency string from within SQL server. I was able to build this scalar-valued function to meet the requirement.
2013-05-13 (first published: 2013-05-03)
1,144 reads
Another way to track the database data growth
Scripts will display size of the data in the database/data files and remaining allocated space.
2013-05-10 (first published: 2008-11-17)
3,809 reads
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SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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