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Dec20

SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 14274: Cannot add, update, or delete a job (or its steps or schedules) that originated from an MSX server. The job was not saved.

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

103

To fix the error which occurs after the Windows server name been changed, when trying to update or delete the jobs previously created in a SQL Server 2000 instance, or attaching msdb database. Error 14274: Cannot add, update, or delete a job (or its steps or schedules) that originated from…

Dec10

SQL SERVER – Find Stored Procedure Related to Table in Database – Search in All Stored Procedure

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Utility

167

Following code will help to find all the Stored Procedures (SP) which are related to one or more specific tables. sp_help and sp_depends does not always return accurate results. ----Option 1 SELECT DISTINCT so.name FROM syscomments sc INNER JOIN sysobjects so ON sc.id=so.id WHERE sc.TEXT LIKE '%tablename%' ----Option 2 SELECT DISTINCT o.name, o.xtype FROM syscomments c INNER JOIN sysobjects o…

Dec1

SQL SERVER – Cursor to Kill All Process in Database

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Cursor, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

When you run the script please make sure that you run it in different database then the one you want all the processes to be killed. CREATE TABLE #TmpWho (spid INT, ecid INT, status VARCHAR(150), loginame VARCHAR(150), hostname VARCHAR(150), blk INT, dbname VARCHAR(150), cmd VARCHAR(150)) INSERT INTO #TmpWho EXEC sp_who DECLARE @spid…

Nov30

SQL SERVER – Simple Cursor to Select Tables in Database with Static Prefix and Date Created

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Cursor, SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

Following cursor query runs through the database and find all the table with certain prefixed (‘b_’,’delete_’). It also checks if the Table is more than certain days old or created before certain days, it will delete it. We can have any other operation on that table like to delete, print or index.

Nov20

SQL SERVER – Auto Generate Script to Delete Deprecated Fields in Current Database

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

I always mark fields to be deprecated with “dep_” as prefix. In this way, after few days, when I am sure that I do not need the field any more I run the query to auto generate the deprecation script. The script also checks for any constraint in the system…

Nov10

SQL SERVER – Query to Find ByteSize of All the Tables in Database

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

SELECT CASE WHEN (GROUPING(sob.name)=1) THEN 'All_Tables' ELSE ISNULL(sob.name, 'unknown') END AS Table_name, SUM(sys.length) AS Byte_Length FROM sysobjects sob, syscolumns sys WHERE sob.xtype='u' AND sys.id=sob.id GROUP BY sob.name WITH CUBE Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

Nov1

SQL SERVER – Query to Display Foreign Key Relationships and Name of the Constraint for Each Table in Database

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

136

UPDATE : SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Database This is very long query. Optionally, we can limit the query to return results for one or more than one table. SELECT K_Table = FK.TABLE_NAME, FK_Column = CU.COLUMN_NAME, PK_Table = PK.TABLE_NAME, PK_Column = PT.COLUMN_NAME, Constraint_Name…

Pinal Dave is a SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and an independent consultant. He has authored 12 SQL Server database books, 35 Pluralsight courses and has written over 5200 articles on the database technology on his blog at a https://blog.sqlauthority.com. Along with 17+ years of hands-on experience, he holds a Masters of Science degree and a number of database certifications.

For any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issue send an email at pinal@sqlauthority.com .

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