Extract text from a PDF

java -jar ./tabula-1.0.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar --pages all file.pdf

Get the schema for a result set from a query or sproc

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-describe-first-result-set-transact-sql

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-exec-describe-first-result-set-transact-sql

EXEC sp_describe_first_result_set @tsql = N'exec sys.sp_who'
GO
SELECT * FROM sys.dm_exec_describe_first_result_set( N'exec sys.sp_who', null, 0)
go

Delete washes in accounting data

--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Algorithm by Carlos Klapp
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
/*

This algorithm splits the data into positive and negative values. 
    It then finds the rows in the same position and flags them as a 
    wash. If the row does not have a matching pair then it is a
    unique transaction and is NOT a wash.

|             Positive values         |             |             Negative values         |
| AccountId | TransactionDate | Value |             | AccountId | TransactionDate | Value |
|         1 |      2016/01/01 |    $7 |     <->     |         1 |      2016/01/01 |   -$7 | <- can be deleted
|         1 |      2016/02/01 |    $7 |     <->     |         1 |      2016/06/01 |   -$7 | <- can be deleted
|         1 |      2016/04/01 |    $7 |     <->     |         1 |      2016/07/01 |   -$7 | <- can be deleted
|           |                 |       |             |         1 |      2016/09/01 |   -$7 | <- keep this row
|         2 |      2016/05/01 |    $8 |     <->     |         2 |      2016/11/01 |   -$8 | <- can be deleted
|           |                 |       |             |         2 |      2016/12/01 |   -$8 | <- keep this row


*/





--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Build a tally table
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.Numbers') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE dbo.Numbers
    
SELECT TOP 10000 N=IDENTITY(INT, 1, 1)
INTO dbo.Numbers
FROM master.dbo.syscolumns a CROSS JOIN master.dbo.syscolumns  b;

ALTER TABLE dbo.Numbers ADD CONSTRAINT NBR_pk PRIMARY KEY(N);


--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Create the table that will hold our test data
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.WashValues') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE dbo.WashValues

CREATE TABLE dbo.WashValues(
    RowId int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY
    ,AccountId INT NOT NULL
    ,TransactionDate datetime NOT NULL
    ,Value MONEY NOT NULL
    ,AbsValue AS CAST(ISNULL(abs(Value), 0) AS MONEY) PERSISTED
    ,IsWash BIT NOT NULL DEFAULT(0)
)


--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Create our sample data
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
INSERT INTO dbo.WashValues(AccountId, TransactionDate, Value)
SELECT
    CAST(CRYPT_GEN_RANDOM(1) AS INT) % 10 + 1 AS AccountId
    ,DATEADD(DAY, n.N, GETDATE()) AS TransactionDate
    ,CAST(CRYPT_GEN_RANDOM(1) AS INT) % 10 * IIF(CAST(CRYPT_GEN_RANDOM(1) AS INT) % 2 = 0, 1, -1) AS Value
FROM
    dbo.Numbers n
WHERE
    n.N BETWEEN 1 AND 10000


--******************************************************************
-- Insert unique case: single positive row without a wash
--******************************************************************
INSERT INTO dbo.WashValues(AccountId, TransactionDate, Value)
SELECT
    999 AS AccountId
    ,GETDATE() AS TransactionDate
    ,999 AS Value


--******************************************************************
-- Insert unique case: single negative row without a wash
--******************************************************************
INSERT INTO dbo.WashValues(AccountId, TransactionDate, Value)
SELECT
    888 AS AccountId
    ,GETDATE() AS TransactionDate
    ,-888 AS Value



--******************************************************************
-- Delete the zero money rows. They sum to zero, so we can ignore them.
--******************************************************************
DELETE from dbo.WashValues WHERE AbsValue = 0


--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Split the data into a positive and negative list. In this
--  example we order the lists by the TransactionDate in ascending
--  order. This essentially gives us a FIFO (First In First Out)
--  list.
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************

--******************************************************************
-- Build negative list
--******************************************************************
IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.WashValues_Negative') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE dbo.WashValues_Negative

SELECT
    RowId
    ,AccountId
    ,AbsValue
    ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY AccountId, Value ORDER BY TransactionDate) AS SequenceId
INTO dbo.WashValues_Negative
FROM 
    dbo.WashValues
WHERE
    Value < 0

    
--******************************************************************
-- Build negative list
--******************************************************************
IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.WashValues_Positive') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE dbo.WashValues_Positive

SELECT
    RowId
    ,AccountId
    ,AbsValue
    ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY AccountId, Value ORDER BY TransactionDate) AS SequenceId
INTO dbo.WashValues_Positive
FROM 
    dbo.WashValues
WHERE
    Value > 0



--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Locate the equivalent rows and mark them as a wash.
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
UPDATE w
SET
    w.IsWash = 1
FROM
    dbo.WashValues w
    JOIN (
        SELECT 
            p.RowId AS n_RowId
            ,n.RowId AS p_RowId
        FROM 
            dbo.WashValues_Positive p
            JOIN dbo.WashValues_Negative n
                ON p.AccountId = n.AccountId
                    AND n.AbsValue = p.AbsValue
                    AND n.SequenceId = p.SequenceId
    ) q
        ON w.RowId IN (q.n_RowId, q.p_RowId)



--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Debug: Inspect the data and make sure the rows are
--  correctly paired.
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
SELECT 
    pw.RowId
   ,pw.AccountId
   ,pw.TransactionDate
   ,pw.Value
   ,pw.AbsValue
   ,pw.IsWash
   ,p.SequenceId
   ,nw.RowId
   ,nw.AccountId
   ,nw.TransactionDate
   ,nw.Value
   ,nw.AbsValue
   ,nw.IsWash
   ,n.SequenceId
FROM 
    dbo.WashValues_Positive p
    JOIN dbo.WashValues_Negative n
        ON p.AccountId = n.AccountId
            AND n.AbsValue = p.AbsValue
            AND n.SequenceId = p.SequenceId
    JOIN dbo.WashValues pw
        ON pw.RowId = p.RowId
    JOIN dbo.WashValues nw
        ON nw.RowId = n.RowId
GROUP BY
    pw.RowId
   ,pw.AccountId
   ,pw.TransactionDate
   ,pw.Value
   ,pw.AbsValue
   ,pw.IsWash
   ,p.SequenceId
   ,nw.RowId
   ,nw.AccountId
   ,nw.TransactionDate
   ,nw.Value
   ,nw.AbsValue
   ,nw.IsWash
   ,n.SequenceId
ORDER BY
    pw.AccountId
    ,pw.AbsValue
    ,p.SequenceId

    


--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
-- Unit Test: The grand total by AccountId must always be the same.
--******************************************************************
--******************************************************************
IF EXISTS(
        SELECT
            *
        FROM
            (
                SELECT
                    AccountId
                    ,SUM(Value) AS Total
                    ,COUNT(*) AS NumRows
                FROM
                    dbo.WashValues
                WHERE
                    IsWash = 0
                GROUP BY
                    AccountId
            ) q1
            FULL OUTER JOIN (
                SELECT
                    AccountId
                    ,SUM(Value) AS Total
                    ,COUNT(*) AS NumRows
                FROM
                    dbo.WashValues
                GROUP BY
                    AccountId
            ) q2
                ON q2.AccountId = q1.AccountId
                    AND q2.Total = q1.Total
        where  
            q1.AccountId IS NULL
            OR q2.AccountId IS null
    )
BEGIN
    RAISERROR('Bug in code. Total do not match', 18, 0)
end

SSAS MDX EXCEL: Memory error: While attempting to store a string, a string was found that was larger than the page size selected. The operation cannot be completed.

Adding ";Optimize Response=3" to your connection is one viable workaround.

The original solution is posted here: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/779232/excel-pivottable-error-while-attempting-to-store-a-string-a-string-was-found-that-was-larger-than-the-page-size-selected

Seems the problem is caused by the OleDB driver. Adding this to SSMS connection string as an additional parameter did not fix the issue.

Another work around is to issue the MDX statement using SQL and a linked server.

Truncate logs on all databases with recovery mode of simple

declare @tblSqlCode dbo.ExecSqlStatementsTableType

insert into @tblSqlCode(SqlCode)
SELECT
'use ' + d.name + ';' + CHAR(10)
+ 'Checkpoint;' + CHAR(10)
+ 'DBCC SHRINKFILE([' + mf.name + ']);' + CHAR(10)
FROM
[sys].[databases] d
JOIN [sys].[master_files] mf
ON d.database_id = mf.database_id
WHERE
d.recovery_model = 3 -- simple
AND d.[state] = 0 -- online
AND mf.state = 0 -- online
AND mf.type = 1 -- log
AND d.is_read_only = 0
AND d.name NOT IN ('master', 'tempdb', 'model', 'msdb')


--SELECT * FROM @tblSqlCode

exec dbo.usp_ExecSqlStatements @TableSqlCode=@tblSqlCode, @UseTransactions=0

Execute a series of SQL statements

GO
/****** Object:  StoredProcedure [dbo].[usp_ExecSqlStatements]    Script Date: 10/4/2013 8:03:28 PM ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO




CREATE TYPE [dbo].[ExecSqlStatementsTableType] AS TABLE(
[RowId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[SqlCode] [nvarchar](max) NOT NULL
)
GO


/*


declare @tblSqlCode dbo.ExecSqlStatementsTableType

insert into @tblSqlCode(SqlCode)
values('print ''task 1'''), ('print ''task 2''')

exec dbo.usp_ExecSqlStatements @TableSqlCode=@tblSqlCode


*/
ALTER proc [dbo].[usp_ExecSqlStatements](
@TableSqlCode dbo.ExecSqlStatementsTableType READONLY
,@verbose bit = 0
,@ExecSql bit = 1
,@UseTransactions BIT = 1
)
as


-- ************************************************************************************************
-- ************************************************************************************************
set nocount on
SET XACT_ABORT ON

-- ************************************************************************************************
-- ************************************************************************************************
-- ************************************************************************************************
declare @MaxRows int
declare @row int
declare @sql nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @ErrorMessage NVARCHAR(max);
DECLARE @ErrorSeverity INT;
DECLARE @ErrorState INT;

-- ************************************************************************************************
-- ************************************************************************************************
-- ************************************************************************************************
select
@row = min(RowId)
,@MaxRows = max(RowId)
from
@TableSqlCode


-- ************************************************************************************************
while @row <= @MaxRows
begin

select
@sql = SqlCode
from
@TableSqlCode
where
RowId = @row

if @sql is not null
begin

if @verbose=1
begin
print @sql
end

if @ExecSql=1
BEGIN

BEGIN TRY
IF @UseTransactions = 1
BEGIN TRAN
exec sp_executesql @sql
IF @UseTransactions = 1
COMMIT tran
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
   SET @ErrorMessage = 'ErrorMessage=[' + ERROR_MESSAGE() + ']' + CHAR(10)
+ 'ErrorSeverity=[' + CAST(ERROR_SEVERITY() AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) +']' + NCHAR(10)
+ 'ErrorState=[' + CAST(ERROR_STATE() AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) + ']' + NCHAR(10)
+ 'SqlCode=' + NCHAR(10)
+ @sql

IF @@TRANCOUNT > 0 AND @UseTransactions = 1
begin
ROLLBACK TRAN
end

RAISERROR(@ErrorMessage, 9, 1)
END CATCH
       
end
end


set @row = @row +1
end

Using DMX to flatten MDX result sets

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jamiemac/archive/2008/03/10/unwinding-mdx-flattening-semantics-with-dmx.aspx


SELECT t.* FROM [Customer Tree] 
NATURAL PREDICTION JOIN 
(SELECT {Measures.[Measures].[Reseller Sales Amount] * 
            [Product].[Category].MEMBERS} ON COLUMNS, 
       {[Date].[Month]}  ON ROWS 
FROM [Adventure Works]) AS t

Copy latest file in folder

FOR /F %%I IN ('DIR *.bak /B /O:-D') DO COPY %%I \\server\SqlBackup\Foo.bak & EXIT

MDX query to list all dimension attributes

/*

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms126309.aspx
http://ssas-wiki.com/w/Articles#DMV_.28Dynamic_Management_View.29
http://dwbi1.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/ssas-dmv-dynamic-management-view/
http://www.ssas-info.com/analysis-services-faq/80-ssas-2008-dmvs/1342-analysis-services-2008-systemmdschema-dmvs-

*/


select
Property_Name
,Property_Caption
,*
from
$SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_PROPERTIES
where
Property_Type = 1
and Cube_Name = 'The name of your cube'

drop empty table

EXEC sp_msforeachtable 'IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM ?) BEGIN PRINT ''drop table ?'' end'

Execute a series of SQL commands

CREATE TYPE [dbo].[ExecSqlStatementsTableType] AS TABLE(
[RowId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[SqlCode] [nvarchar](max) NOT NULL
)

go

/*

declare @tblSqlCode dbo.ExecSqlStatementsTableType

insert into @tblSqlCode(SqlCode)

values('print ''task 1'''), ('print ''task 2''')

exec util.usp_ExecSqlStatements @TableSqlCode=@tblSqlCode

*/

CREATE proc [util].[usp_ExecSqlStatements](

@TableSqlCode dbo.ExecSqlStatementsTableType READONLY

,@verbose bit = 0

,@ExecSql bit = 1

)

as

-- ************************************************************************************************

-- ************************************************************************************************

set nocount on

-- ************************************************************************************************

-- ************************************************************************************************

-- ************************************************************************************************

declare @MaxRows int

declare @row int

declare @sql nvarchar(max)

-- ************************************************************************************************

-- ************************************************************************************************

-- ************************************************************************************************

select

@row = min(RowId)

,@MaxRows = max(RowId)

from

@TableSqlCode

-- ************************************************************************************************

while @row <= @MaxRows

begin

select

@sql = SqlCode

from

@TableSqlCode

where

RowId = @row

if @sql is not null

begin 

if @verbose=1

begin

print @sql

end

if @ExecSql=1

begin

exec sp_executesql @sql

end

end

set @row = @row +1

end

Good collection of SSRS tips

http://www.sqlmusings.com/2010/06/20/ssrs-tidbits-%E2%80%93-common-tips-tricks-debugging-and-other-references-part-1/ 

Selecting Rows Randomly from a Large Table

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc441928.aspx

split strings into rows of characters

ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_CharSplit4K](
@pString NVARCHAR(4000)
)
--WARNING!!! DO NOT USE MAX DATA-TYPES HERE!  IT WILL KILL PERFORMANCE!
-- From the article: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/
RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
RETURN

select
row_number() over(order by tl.N) as ItemNumber
,substring(@pString, tl.N, 1) as Item
from
dbo.TallyLarge tl with(nolock)
where
tl.N <= len(@pString)

SQL abbreviated name from camel casing

/*

-- returns 'mtc' since the uppercase letters are M, T, C
select misc.fn_AbrvNameFromCamelCasing('MyTestCase')

*/
alter function misc.fn_AbrvNameFromCamelCasing(
@pString NVARCHAR(4000)
)
returns NVARCHAR(max)
as
begin

return (
SELECT
lower((
SELECT [text()]= ISNULL(q.Item, '')
FROM
(
select
cs.Item
from
dbo.fn_CharSplit4K(@pString) cs
where
cs.Item = upper(cs.Item) Collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
) q
FOR XML PATH('')
)) AS AbrvName
)
end

Foreign Keys without Indexes

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Administration/68357/

/*
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
Util_FKsWithoutIndexes
By Jesse Roberge - YeshuaAgapao@Yahoo.com

Searches for foreign key constraints that don't have fully matching indexes.
The best partial matching indexes are outputted with MatchCounts and column comparisons
Generates a CREATE INDEX template for each foreign-key with no matching index or a partial-matching index.
Customize as needed (add includes, if you want it clustered, or if it should be a part of the primary key, or if you want to merge with another index)
FKs missing full matching indexes can severely hurt the performance of DELETES on the referenced table due to table-scans for checking referential integrity,
as well as SELECTS on the referencing tables where the foreign-key column(s) are in the WHERE or JOIN predicates (This will affect you whether a constraint exists or not).
This only checks the first N columns of the index where N is the number of columns in the foreign key constraint.
Index column order is not verified beyond this (A two-col FK that has 1 matching column in the 2nd col of a 3-col index will be outputted as a partial match)
If your database has no foreign key constraints, then this tool will be worthless to you.
Many databases have partial foreign key constraint coverage. This only works on related tables where constraints are declared.

Required Input Parameters:
None

Optional Input Parameters:
@Delimiter VarChar(1)=’,’

Usage:
EXECUTE dbo.Util_FKsWithoutIndexes

Copyright:
Licensed under the L-GPL - a weak copyleft license - you are permitted to use this as a component of a proprietary database and call this from proprietary software.
Copyleft lets you do anything you want except plagiarize, conceal the source, or prohibit copying & re-distribution of this script/proc.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
    License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

    see for the license text.

*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
*/

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Util_FKsWithoutIndexes]
@Delimiter VarChar(1)=','
AS

SELECT
--  parentschemas.schema_id AS ReferencingSchemaID
--, parentschemas.name AS ReferencingSchemaName
--,  parentobjects.object_id AS ReferencingTableID
parentobjects.name AS ReferencingTableName
--, referencedschemas.schema_id AS ReferencedSchemaID
--, referencedschemas.name AS ReferencedSchemaName
--, referencedobjects.object_id AS ReferencedTableID
, referencedobjects.name AS ReferencedTableName
, objects.object_id AS FKConstraintID
, objects.name AS FKConstraintName
, FKTotal.FKColumnCount
, FKMatch.index_id AS PartialMatchIndexID
, indexes.name AS PartialMatchIndexName
, FKMatch.IndexColumnMatchCount
, foreign_key_columns.foreign_key_columns
, index_columns.index_columns_key
, index_columns.index_columns_include
, 'CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IX_' + parentobjects.name + '_' + REPLACE(foreign_key_columns.foreign_key_columns, ', ', '_') + ' ON ' + parentschemas.name + '.' + parentobjects.name + ' (' + foreign_key_columns.foreign_key_columns + ')' AS FKIndexCreate
-- 'CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IX__' + parentschemas.name + '_' + parentobjects.name + '__' + REPLACE(foreign_key_columns.foreign_key_columns, ', ', '_') + ' ON ' + parentschemas.name + '.' + parentobjects.name + ' (' + foreign_key_columns.foreign_key_columns + ')' AS FKIndexCreate
FROM
(
SELECT foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id, MAX(referenced_object_id) AS referenced_object_id, COUNT(*) AS FKColumnCount
FROM sys.foreign_key_columns
GROUP BY foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id
) AS FKTotal
JOIN sys.objects ON FKTotal.constraint_object_id=objects.object_id
JOIN sys.objects AS parentobjects ON objects.parent_object_id=ParentObjects.object_id
JOIN sys.schemas AS parentschemas ON parentobjects.schema_id=parentschemas.schema_id
JOIN sys.objects AS referencedobjects ON FKTotal.referenced_object_id=referencedObjects.object_id
JOIN sys.schemas AS referencedschemas ON referencedobjects.schema_id=referencedschemas.schema_id
OUTER APPLY (
SELECT constraint_object_id, index_id, index_object_id, IndexColumnMatchCount
FROM
(
SELECT
foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id, index_columns.index_id, MAX(index_columns.object_id) AS index_object_id,
COUNT(*) AS IndexColumnMatchCount,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC) AS IndexColumnMatchCountRowNumber
FROM
sys.foreign_key_columns
JOIN sys.index_columns ON
index_columns.object_id=foreign_key_columns.parent_object_id
AND index_columns.column_id=foreign_key_columns.parent_column_id
WHERE
index_columns.is_included_column=0
AND index_columns.key_ordinal<=FKTotal.FKColumnCount
AND FKTotal.constraint_object_id=foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id
GROUP BY foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id, index_columns.index_id
) AS FKMatch
WHERE IndexColumnMatchCountRowNumber=1
) AS FKMatch
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.indexes ON FKMatch.index_object_id=indexes.object_id AND FKMatch.index_id=indexes.index_id
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT
LEFT(index_columns_key, LEN(index_columns_key)-1) AS foreign_key_columns
FROM
(
SELECT
(
SELECT columns.name + @Delimiter + ' '
FROM
sys.foreign_key_columns
JOIN sys.columns ON
foreign_key_columns.parent_column_id=columns.column_id
AND foreign_key_columns.parent_object_id=columns.object_id
WHERE
FKTotal.constraint_object_id=foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id
ORDER BY constraint_column_id
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS index_columns_key
) AS Index_Columns
) AS foreign_key_columns
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT
LEFT(index_columns_key, LEN(index_columns_key)-1) AS index_columns_key,
LEFT(index_columns_include, LEN(index_columns_include)-1) AS index_columns_include
FROM
(
SELECT
(
SELECT columns.name + @Delimiter + ' '
FROM
sys.index_columns
JOIN sys.columns ON
index_columns.column_id=columns.column_id
AND index_columns.object_id=columns.object_id
WHERE
index_columns.is_included_column=0
AND FKMatch.index_object_id=index_columns.object_id
AND FKMatch.index_id=index_columns.index_id
ORDER BY key_ordinal
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS index_columns_key,
(
SELECT sys.columns.name + @Delimiter + ' '
FROM
sys.index_columns
JOIN sys.columns ON
sys.index_columns.column_id=sys.columns.column_id
AND sys.index_columns.object_id=sys.columns.object_id
WHERE
sys.index_columns.is_included_column=1
AND sys.indexes.object_id=sys.index_columns.object_id
AND sys.indexes.index_id=sys.index_columns.index_id
ORDER BY index_column_id
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS index_columns_include
) AS Index_Columns
) AS Index_Columns
WHERE FKMatch.IndexColumnMatchCount IS NULL OR FKTotal.FKColumnCount<>FKMatch.IndexColumnMatchCount
ORDER BY
IndexColumnMatchCount DESC, FKColumnCount DESC,
parentobjects.name, objects.name

Locating users within a DB

exec sp_MSforeachdb 'select ''?'' as Db, * from ?.sys.sysusers where name like ''%SomeUser%'''

Delete duplicates

delete from a
from
dbo.tableWithDupes a
join (
select
ColPrimaryKey
,row_number() over(
partition by AccountId, Col2, Col3 -- these are the unique columns
order by AccountId -- use this to give one record priority over another
) DupeCount
from
dbo.tableWithDupes
) q
on a.ColPrimaryKey = q.ColPrimaryKey
where
q.DupeCount > 1

SET STATISTICS IO ON
SET STATISTICS TIME ON
SET STATISTICS PROFILE ON
SET STATISTICS XML ON

List all identity columns

SELECT        
c.TABLE_CATALOG
,c.TABLE_SCHEMA
,t.TABLE_NAME
,c.COLUMN_NAME
FROM        
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c JOIN
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS t
ON t.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME
WHERE        
COLUMNPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(c.TABLE_NAME), c.COLUMN_NAME, 'IsIdentity') = 1 AND
t.TABLE_TYPE = 'Base Table' AND
t.TABLE_NAME NOT LIKE 'dt%' AND
t.TABLE_NAME NOT LIKE 'MS%' AND
t.TABLE_NAME NOT LIKE 'syncobj_%'

Convert hex string to bigint

from http://www.idilks.com/mssql/md5







-- select md5 as a hex string (regular string)

SELECT master.sys.fn_varbintohexsubstring(0, HashBytes('MD5', 'SQL Centroid'), 1, 16)

-- convert a hex string from a string to varbinary(16)

SELECT CAST('' as xml).value('xs:hexBinary("2655a2b5ef3531c4fd330c9ab409afa9")', 'varbinary(16)')

-- convert a hex string from a variable to varbinary(16)

DECLARE @thestring CHAR(32)

SELECT @thestring = '2655a2b5ef3531c4fd330c9ab409afa9'

SELECT CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:hexBinary(sql:variable("@thestring"))', 'varbinary(16)')

-- convert a hex string from a varchar column to varbinary(16)

DECLARE @TABLEA TABLE (tID int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY, tst varchar(200))

INSERT INTO @TABLEA (tst) VALUES ('2655a2b5ef3531c4fd330c9ab409afa9')

SELECT CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:hexBinary(sql:column("t.tst"))', 'varbinary(16)')

FROM @TABLEA t




SELECT top 10

cast(CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:hexBinary(sql:column("f.crcString"))', 'varbinary(8)') as bigint)

,f.crcString

FROM 

filecompare f

delete empty folders

find . -empty -type d -delete

Remove "nul" file in windows

Original article can be found here

You need to specify the full path del "\\?\c:\folder\nul"

list of all the tables in SSAS

To get a list of all the tables in SSAS, execute this in an MDX window:
SELECT * FROM $system.dbschema_tables
where Table_type = 'schema'

List compressed SQL tables

select 
 '[' + s.name + '].[' + o.name + ']' as TblName
 ,p.data_compression_desc
from 
 sys.partitions p
 join sys.objects o
  on p.object_id = o.object_id
 join sys.schemas s
  on o.schema_id = s.schema_id
where
 p.data_compression != 0

THE EVOLUTION OF THE WEB

Great visualization. Doesn't render correctly in IE. You'll need to use another browser like Safari.

Get the user list for an Active Directory group

dsquery group -samid SecurityGroup | dsget group -members -expand | findstr /i ",OU=UserAccounts," | dsget user -samid > c:\SecurityGroup_userlist.txt

Using SQL to generate cygwin curl command line to render all SSRS reports to a file on disk

use [ReportServer]
go

-- http://server/ReportServer?REPORT_PATH&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF&myparam1=Value1&myparam2=Value2
-- http://server/ReportServer?REPORT_PATH&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=CSV&rc:FieldDelimiter=%09

SELECT
	'curl --ntlm -u "ntlmDomain\ntlmUserName:Password" "'
	+ replace(replace('http://server/ReportServer?REPORT_PATH&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=CSV&rc:FieldDelimiter=%09', 'REPORT_PATH', c.Path),' ', '%20')
	+ '" > "' + replace(c.Path, '/', '_') + '.txt"'
FROM 
	[dbo].[Catalog] c
WHERE 
	Type = 2
	--and Path like '/BetaSite/%'

Programatically rendering SSRS reports and writing them to a file

http://geekswithblogs.net/bsherwin/archive/2007/04/29/112094.aspx
http://bytes.com/topic/sql-server/answers/728883-using-rs-exe-export-report-command-line-urgent
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162839.aspx
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/archive/2005/01/05/3944.aspx
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=110451

SSRS rendering



http://MYSERVER/ReportServer?MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=CSV&rc:FieldDelimiter=%09

http://MYSERVER/ReportServer?MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF&myparam1=Value1&myparam2=Value2



SQL Server: How to Figure out Peak/Off-Peak Hours of Production Databases

Bubble Heatmp in SSRS

selecting data from Excel tables using VBA

'select an entire column (data only)
s.Range("Table1[Column2]").Select
'select an entire column (data plus header)
s.Range("Table1[[#All],[Column1]]").Select
'select entire data section of table
s.Range("Table1").Select
'select entire table
s.Range("Table1[#All]").Select

Misc queries

sp_who2
go
xp_cmdshell 'tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq Robocopy.exe"'
go
sp_MSforeachtable 'print ''select ''''?'''' as dbn, COUNT(*) cnt, CHECKSUM_AGG(checksum(*)) crc from db1.? (nolock) union all'''
go
sp_MSforeachtable 'print ''select ''''?'''' as dbn, COUNT(*) cnt, CHECKSUM_AGG(checksum(*)) crc from db2.? (nolock) union all'''

Returning the Top X row for each group by By Dave Ballantyne, 2010/12/06

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#RunnersBig') IS NOT NULL drop table #RunnersBig 
go 
Create Table #RunnersBig 
( 
RunnerId integer identity , 
Time integer not null, 
Age integer not null 
) 
go 
insert into #runnersbig ( Time , Age ) 
select top 1000000 ABS ( checksum ( newid ()))% 1000 , 
ABS ( checksum ( newid ()))% 99 
from sys . columns a cross join sys . columns b cross join sys . columns c 
go 
create index idxrunnersbig on #runnersbig ( age , time ) include ( runnerid ) 

with cteN 
as 
( 
select number from master .. spt_values 
where type = 'p' and number between 0 and 100 
) 
Select * 
from cteN cross apply ( Select top ( 2 ) * from #RunnersBig where #RunnersBig . Age = cteN . number order by Time ) as runners 
order by cteN . number , runners . Time 

SQL finding Gaps and Islands

http://www.manning.com/nielsen/SampleChapter5.pdf
or
http://www.manning.com/nielsen/nielsenMEAP_freeCh5.pdf
or
http://www.sql.co.il/books/insidetsql2005/Inside%20Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%202005%20T-SQL%20Querying%20(0-7356-2313-9)%20-%20Chapter%2006%20-%20Aggregating%20and%20Pivoting%20Data.pdf

Rethrow SQL error

Not very interesting, but I use it all the time.

BEGIN TRY

 begin tran

    -- RAISERROR with severity 11-19 will cause execution to 
    -- jump to the CATCH block.
    RAISERROR ('Error raised in TRY block.', -- Message text.
               16, -- Severity.
               1 -- State.
               );
               
 commit tran
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
    DECLARE @ErrorMessage NVARCHAR(4000);
    DECLARE @ErrorSeverity INT;
    DECLARE @ErrorState INT;

    SELECT 
        @ErrorMessage = ERROR_MESSAGE(),
        @ErrorSeverity = ERROR_SEVERITY(),
        @ErrorState = ERROR_STATE();

 rollback tran

    -- Use RAISERROR inside the CATCH block to return error
    -- information about the original error that caused
    -- execution to jump to the CATCH block.
    RAISERROR (@ErrorMessage, -- Message text.
               @ErrorSeverity, -- Severity.
               @ErrorState -- State.
               );
END CATCH;

Concatenate rows into a single column

From web site http://blogs.technet.com/b/wardpond/archive/2008/03/13/database-programming-the-string-concatenation-xml-trick.aspx


create table Parent
(
ParentID INT
,ParentString VARCHAR(100)
)

INSERT Parent VALUES (1, 'Parent 1 String')
INSERT Parent VALUES (2, 'Parent 2 String')
INSERT Parent VALUES (3, 'Parent 3 String')


SELECT Parent.ParentString
FROM Parent

-- PERFORM THE TRICK
-- PIVOT Parent VALUES INTO 1 COLUMN FOR 1 BASE ROW
SELECT STUFF(( SELECT [text()]= ',' + ISNULL(Parent.ParentString, '') + ''
FROM Parent
ORDER BY Parent.ParentString
FOR XML PATH('')), 1,1, '') AS Parent_CSV


Undocumented SQL stored procedures


exec sp_help 'sp_checknames'
exec sp_help 'sp_columns_rowset'
exec sp_help 'sp_enumoledbdatasources'
exec sp_help 'sp_fixindex'
exec sp_help 'sp_gettypestring'
exec sp_help 'sp_MS_marksystemobject'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSaddguidcolumn'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSaddguidindex'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSaddlogin_implicit_ntlogin'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSadduser_implicit_ntlogin'
exec sp_help 'sp_MScheck_uid_owns_anything'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSdbuseraccess'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSdbuserpriv'
exec sp_help 'sp_msdependencies'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSdrop_object'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSforeachdb'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSforeachtable'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSget_qualified_name'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSgettools_path'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSgetversion'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSguidtostr'
exec sp_help 'sp_MShelpcolumns'
exec sp_help 'sp_MShelpindex'
exec sp_help 'sp_MShelptype'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSindexspace'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSis_pk_col'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSkilldb'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSloginmappings'
exec sp_help 'sp_MStablekeys'
exec sp_help 'sp_MStablerefs'
exec sp_help 'sp_MStablespace'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSunc_to_drive'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSuniquecolname'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSuniquename'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSuniqueobjectname'
exec sp_help 'sp_MSuniquetempname'
exec sp_help 'sp_tempdbspace'
exec sp_help 'sp_who2'
exec sp_help 'xp_delete_file'
exec sp_help 'xp_dirtree'
exec sp_help 'xp_enum_oledb_providers'
exec sp_help 'xp_enumcodepages'
exec sp_help 'xp_enumdsn'
exec sp_help 'xp_enumerrorlogs'
exec sp_help 'xp_enumgroups'
exec sp_help 'xp_fileexist'
exec sp_help 'xp_fixeddrives'
exec sp_help 'xp_get_MAPI_default_profile'
exec sp_help 'xp_get_MAPI_profiles'
exec sp_help 'xp_getnetname'
exec sp_help 'xp_qv'
exec sp_help 'xp_readerrorlog'
exec sp_help 'xp_regaddmultistring'
exec sp_help 'xp_regdeletekey'
exec sp_help 'xp_regdeletevalue'
exec sp_help 'xp_regenumvalues'
exec sp_help 'xp_regread'
exec sp_help 'xp_regremovemultistring'
exec sp_help 'xp_regwrite'
exec sp_help 'xp_subdirs'
exec sp_help 'xp_varbintohexstr'


Automatically add Foreign Keys

 
declare @code nvarchar(4000)
declare @template nvarchar(4000)
declare @PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA sysname
declare @PRIM_TABLE_NAME sysname
declare @PRIM_COLUMN_NAME sysname
declare @CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA sysname
declare @CHILD_TABLE_NAME sysname
declare @CHILD_COLUMN_NAME sysname
declare @rowid bigint
declare @maxrows bigint
declare @guid uniqueidentifier
 
set @template = 
'ALTER TABLE <<CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA>>.<<CHILD_TABLE_NAME>> ADD CONSTRAINT
 FK_<<CHILD_TABLE_NAME>>_<<PRIM_TABLE_NAME>>_<<GUID>> FOREIGN KEY
 (
 <<CHILD_COLUMN_NAME>>
 ) REFERENCES <<PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA>>.<<PRIM_TABLE_NAME>>
 (
 <<PRIM_COLUMN_NAME>>
 ) ON UPDATE  NO ACTION 
  ON DELETE  NO ACTION'
 
 
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#primkeys') is not null
 drop table #primkeys
 
 
select distinct 
 col.TABLE_SCHEMA
 ,col.TABLE_NAME
 ,col.COLUMN_NAME
into #primkeys
from 
 INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
 JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS con
  on con.TABLE_SCHEMA = t.TABLE_SCHEMA 
   and con.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME 
            AND con.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
 join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE u
  on con.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = u.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA 
   and con.CONSTRAINT_NAME = u.CONSTRAINT_NAME 
 join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS col
  on u.TABLE_SCHEMA = col.TABLE_SCHEMA
   and u.TABLE_NAME = col.TABLE_NAME
   and u.COLUMN_NAME = col.COLUMN_NAME
where
 t.TABLE_TYPE = 'base table'
 and t.TABLE_NAME != 'sysdiagrams'
 
 
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#NonKeyColumns') is not null
 drop table #NonKeyColumns
 
 
select distinct 
 col.TABLE_SCHEMA
 ,col.TABLE_NAME
 ,col.COLUMN_NAME
into #NonKeyColumns
from 
 INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
 join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS col
  on t.TABLE_SCHEMA = col.TABLE_SCHEMA
   and t.TABLE_NAME = col.TABLE_NAME
where
 t.TABLE_TYPE = 'base table'
 and t.TABLE_NAME != 'sysdiagrams'
 
except
 
select
 *
from
 #primkeys
 
 
 
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#colMappings') is not null
 drop table #colMappings
 
 
select
 ROW_NUMBER() over(order by p.TABLE_SCHEMA, p.TABLE_NAME, p.COLUMN_NAME,
  n.TABLE_SCHEMA, n.TABLE_NAME, n.COLUMN_NAME) as  RowID
 ,p.TABLE_SCHEMA as PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA
 ,p.TABLE_NAME as PRIM_TABLE_NAME
 ,p.COLUMN_NAME as PRIM_COLUMN_NAME
 ,n.TABLE_SCHEMA as CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA
 ,n.TABLE_NAME as CHILD_TABLE_NAME
 ,n.COLUMN_NAME as CHILD_COLUMN_NAME
into #colMappings
from
 #primkeys p
 join #NonKeyColumns n
  on (
   p.TABLE_SCHEMA != n.TABLE_SCHEMA
   or p.TABLE_NAME != n.TABLE_NAME
   )
   and p.COLUMN_NAME = n.COLUMN_NAME
 
 
 
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
-- *******************************************************************************************
select 
 @rowid = 1
 ,@maxrows = MAX(RowID)
from
 #colMappings
 
 
while (@rowid <= @maxrows)
begin
 
 select
  @PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA = PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA
  ,@PRIM_TABLE_NAME = PRIM_TABLE_NAME
  ,@PRIM_COLUMN_NAME = PRIM_COLUMN_NAME
  ,@CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA = CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA
  ,@CHILD_TABLE_NAME = CHILD_TABLE_NAME
  ,@CHILD_COLUMN_NAME = CHILD_COLUMN_NAME
  ,@guid = NEWID()
 from
  #colMappings m
 where
  m.RowID = @rowid
 
 
 set @code = replace(@template, '<<PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA>>', @PRIM_TABLE_SCHEMA)
 set @code = replace(@code, '<<PRIM_TABLE_NAME>>', @PRIM_TABLE_NAME)
 set @code = replace(@code, '<<PRIM_COLUMN_NAME>>', @PRIM_COLUMN_NAME)
 set @code = replace(@code, '<<CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA>>', @CHILD_TABLE_SCHEMA)
 set @code = replace(@code, '<<CHILD_TABLE_NAME>>', @CHILD_TABLE_NAME)
 set @code = replace(@code, '<<CHILD_COLUMN_NAME>>', @CHILD_COLUMN_NAME)
 set @code = replace(@code, '<<GUID>>', replace(@guid, '-', ''))
 
 
 print @code
 
 --exec sp_executesql @code
 
 set @rowid = @rowid +1
end
 
 

WatiN Web Test and Web Automation tool

WatiN is an awesome web test and web automation tool. I've been using it to automate the montly uploading of data to a site. This was the best IE solution I could find, and it is fantastic. Selenium & Firefox are another great tool combination. I really like Selenium but the coding of the web site wouldn't work with Firefox.

http://watin.sourceforge.net/


In case WatiN doesn't work with a particular dialog, be sure to check out the methods CanHandleDialog(Window window). WatiN did not originally work with FileUpload element of a particular web site. It worked with several other web site using various FileUpload elements. The solution was to modify the method FileUploadDialogHandler.CanHandleDialog(Window window).

  public override bool CanHandleDialog(Window window)
  {
            return (window.StyleInHex == "96CC20C4") || (window.StyleInHex == "96CC02C4")
                || (window.StyleInHex == "97CC02C4") || (window.StyleInHex == "97CC02C4");
  }

For some reason the style for the upload file dialog was different. I'm not sure if this was caused by a newer browser version, web site, or Windows 7. But once I added the new styles it worked fine.

In summary an awesome tool!

Uninstall applications through the registry

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("UninstallAppList.tsv", True)
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")

objTextFile.WriteLine "DisplayName" & vbtab & _
    "InstallDate" & vbtab & "ProdId" & vbtab & _
    "Publisher" & vbtab & "Version" & vbtab & "32/64Bits"

'add a where clause
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32Reg_AddRemovePrograms")
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    objTextFile.WriteLine objSoftware.DisplayName & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.InstallDate & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.ProdId & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.Publisher & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.Version & vbtab & _
        "32"
Next

Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32Reg_AddRemovePrograms64")
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    objTextFile.WriteLine objSoftware.DisplayName & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.InstallDate & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.ProdId & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.Publisher & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.Version & vbtab & _
        "64"
Next


objTextFile.Close

'Use this code to uninstall the application
'Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
'For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
'    objShell.Run objShell.RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" & objSoftware.ProdId & "\UninstallString"), 1, true
'Next

Refresh Excel file using SSIS

copied from Jessica Moss' blog, in case that blog is ever offline.

http://jessicammoss.blogspot.com/2008/10/manipulating-excel-spreadsheets-in-ssis.html

Next, create a script task in your SSIS package that contains the following code (include your spreadsheet name):

Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Public Class ScriptMain

Public Sub Main()
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success

Dim excel As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application
Dim wb As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook

wb = excel.Workbooks.Open("C:\\TestExcelSS.xlsx")
wb.RefreshAll()
wb.Save()
wb.Close()

excel.Quit()
Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excel)

End Sub

End Class

You'll see error squiggles, but don't worry about them because they will disappear in just a minute. Save and close your package. In your Solution Explorer, right click on the package and select ‘View Code’.

In the resulting XML, change the Build Settings ReferencePath property to:
"C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.SqlServer.ScriptTask\9.0.242.0__89845dcd8080cc91\;C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS\9.0.242.0__89845dcd8080cc91\;C:\Windows\assembly\GAC\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel\12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c\"

Also change the Build References to include:
Name = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel"
AssemblyName = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel"
/>

Save the XML, and reopen the package. Open the script task and select ‘Save’. This will compile the code, and now you can run your package.

When working with COM references, you can use the script task GUI to add the reference by adding the desired component to the .NET framework folder. I could not find Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll on my machine to move to the framework folder, which is why we added the reference through the XML.

As Douglas Laudenschlager notes, writing server-side code to access client-side Office is unsupported. Please take these possible problems under advisement and code as necessary. You have been warned. :)

Update (11/12/08): Added last two lines to code to stop Excel process.

Versions: Microsoft Office 2007, SQL Server 2005 SP2

Posted by Jessica M. Moss at 1:11 AM

Download excel file from SSRS using RS

rs -i RSDownloadFile.rss -s http://localhost/reportserver

-------->8 RSDownloadFile.rss 8< --------

Public Sub Main()
Dim fileName as String = "Refreshable_Pivot.xlsx"
Dim strResourcePath as String = "/TestFolder/Refreshable_Pivot.xlsx"

'Dim rs As New ReportingService
Dim myByteArray() As Byte
myByteArray = rs.GetResourceContents(strResourcePath, "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")

' Open a file stream and write out the report
Dim stream As FileStream = File.OpenWrite(fileName)
stream.Write(myByteArray, 0, myByteArray.Length)
stream.Close()
End Sub

uspGenerateSQLAgentJobScheduleReport

create PROC [dbo].[uspGenerateSQLAgentJobScheduleReportWithDuration]
as
/*
Original code by Dr DBA - whomever that is
http://blogs.mssqltips.com/forums/t/977.aspx

modified by Carlos Klapp
*/


select
'Server' = left(@@ServerName,20),
'JobName' = left(S.name,30),
'ScheduleName' = left(ss.name,25),
'Enabled' = CASE (S.enabled)
WHEN 0 THEN 'No'
WHEN 1 THEN 'Yes'
ELSE '??'
END,
'Frequency' = CASE(ss.freq_type)
WHEN 1 THEN 'Once'
WHEN 4 THEN 'Daily'
WHEN 8 THEN
(case when (ss.freq_recurrence_factor > 1)
then 'Every ' + convert(varchar(3),ss.freq_recurrence_factor) + ' Weeks' else 'Weekly' end)
WHEN 16 THEN
(case when (ss.freq_recurrence_factor > 1)
then 'Every ' + convert(varchar(3),ss.freq_recurrence_factor) + ' Months' else 'Monthly' end)
WHEN 32 THEN 'Every ' + convert(varchar(3),ss.freq_recurrence_factor) + ' Months' -- RELATIVE
WHEN 64 THEN 'SQL Startup'
WHEN 128 THEN 'SQL Idle'
ELSE '??'
END,
'Interval' = CASE
WHEN (freq_type = 1) then 'One time only'
WHEN (freq_type = 4 and freq_interval = 1) then 'Every Day'
WHEN (freq_type = 4 and freq_interval > 1) then 'Every ' + convert(varchar(10),freq_interval) + ' Days'
WHEN (freq_type = 8) then (select 'Weekly Schedule' = D1+ D2+D3+D4+D5+D6+D7
from (select ss.schedule_id,
freq_interval,
'D1' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 1 <> 0) then 'Sun ' ELSE '' END,
'D2' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 2 <> 0) then 'Mon ' ELSE '' END,
'D3' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 4 <> 0) then 'Tue ' ELSE '' END,
'D4' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 8 <> 0) then 'Wed ' ELSE '' END,
'D5' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 16 <> 0) then 'Thu ' ELSE '' END,
'D6' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 32 <> 0) then 'Fri ' ELSE '' END,
'D7' = CASE WHEN (freq_interval & 64 <> 0) then 'Sat ' ELSE '' END
from msdb..sysschedules ss
where freq_type = 8
) as F
where schedule_id = sj.schedule_id
)
WHEN (freq_type = 16) then 'Day ' + convert(varchar(2),freq_interval)
WHEN (freq_type = 32) then (select freq_rel + WDAY
from (select ss.schedule_id,
'freq_rel' = CASE(freq_relative_interval)
WHEN 1 then 'First'
WHEN 2 then 'Second'
WHEN 4 then 'Third'
WHEN 8 then 'Fourth'
WHEN 16 then 'Last'
ELSE '??'
END,
'WDAY' = CASE (freq_interval)
WHEN 1 then ' Sun'
WHEN 2 then ' Mon'
WHEN 3 then ' Tue'
WHEN 4 then ' Wed'
WHEN 5 then ' Thu'
WHEN 6 then ' Fri'
WHEN 7 then ' Sat'
WHEN 8 then ' Day'
WHEN 9 then ' Weekday'
WHEN 10 then ' Weekend'
ELSE '??'
END
from msdb..sysschedules ss
where ss.freq_type = 32
) as WS
where WS.schedule_id =ss.schedule_id
)
END,
'Time' = CASE (freq_subday_type)
WHEN 1 then left(stuff((stuff((replicate('0', 6 - len(Active_Start_Time)))+ convert(varchar(6),Active_Start_Time),3,0,':')),6,0,':'),8)
WHEN 2 then 'Every ' + convert(varchar(10),freq_subday_interval) + ' seconds'
WHEN 4 then 'Every ' + convert(varchar(10),freq_subday_interval) + ' minutes'
WHEN 8 then 'Every ' + convert(varchar(10),freq_subday_interval) + ' hours'
ELSE '??'
END,

'Next Run Time' = CASE SJ.next_run_date
WHEN 0 THEN cast('n/a' as char(10))
ELSE convert(char(10), convert(datetime, convert(char(8),SJ.next_run_date)),120) + ' ' + left(stuff((stuff((replicate('0', 6 - len(next_run_time)))+ convert(varchar(6),next_run_time),3,0,':')),6,0,':'),8)
END,
left(qDuration.run_date, 4) + '-' + SUBSTRING(cast(qDuration.run_date as CHAR(8)), 5, 2) + '-' + RIGHT(qDuration.run_date, 2) as run_date,
qDuration.Duration,
qDuration.JobExitStatus
from
msdb.dbo.sysjobschedules SJ
join msdb.dbo.sysjobs S
on S.job_id = SJ.job_id
join msdb.dbo.sysschedules SS
on ss.schedule_id = sj.schedule_id
left join (
select
ROW_NUMBER() over(partition by q.job_id order by q.job_id, q.run_date) as RowId
,q.job_id
,q.run_date
,q.JobExitStatus
,right('0' + rtrim(convert(char(2), q.run_duration_sec / (60 * 60))), 2) + ':' +
right('0' + rtrim(convert(char(2), (q.run_duration_sec / 60) % 60)), 2) + ':' +
right('0' + rtrim(convert(char(2), q.run_duration_sec % 60)),2) as Duration
from
(
select
SH.job_id
,SH.run_date
,case SH.run_status
when 0 then 'Failed'
when 1 then 'Succeeded'
when 2 then 'Retry'
when 3 then 'Canceled'
when 4 then 'In progress'
end as JobExitStatus
,(
(SH.run_duration / 10000) *60*60 + -- hours
((SH.run_duration / 100) % 100) *60 + -- minutes
SH.run_duration % 100 -- seconds
) as run_duration_sec
from
msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory SH
where
SH.step_id = 0
) q
) qDuration
on S.job_id = qDuration.job_id
where
qDuration.RowId between 1 and 10
order by
S.name
,qDuration.run_date desc
,qDuration.Duration




GO

Binding an Excel table to the results of an MDX query

Original article: http://cwebbbi.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!7B84B0F2C239489A!6009.trak

Code Snippets in case the original site goes down.

   1: <xml id=docprops><o:DocumentProperties

   2:   xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"

   3:   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

   4:   <o:Name>SSAS Query Test</o:Name>

   5:  </o:DocumentProperties>

   6: </xml><xml id=msodc><odc:OfficeDataConnection

   7:   xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc"

   8:   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

   9:   <odc:Connection odc:Type="OLEDB">

  10:    <odc:ConnectionString>Provider=MSOLAP.4;Integrated Security=SSPI;

  11:     Persist Security Info=True;Data Source=localhost;

  12:     Initial Catalog=Adventure Works DW 2008</odc:ConnectionString>

  13:    <odc:CommandType>MDX</odc:CommandType>

  14:    <odc:CommandText>select {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount], 

  15:     [Measures].[Internet Tax Amount]} on  0, 

  16:     [Date].[Calendar Year].members on 1 from [Adventure Works]

  17:     </odc:CommandText>

  18:   </odc:Connection>

  19:  </odc:OfficeDataConnection>

  20: </xml>

   1: <xml id=docprops><o:DocumentProperties

   2:   xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"

   3:   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

   4:   <o:Name>SSAS Table Test</o:Name>

   5:  </o:DocumentProperties>

   6: </xml><xml id=msodc><odc:OfficeDataConnection

   7:   xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc"

   8:   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

   9:   <odc:Connection odc:Type="OLEDB">

  10:    <odc:ConnectionString>Provider=MSOLAP.4;Integrated Security=SSPI;

  11:     Persist Security Info=True;Data Source=localhost;

  12:     Initial Catalog=Adventure Works DW 2008</odc:ConnectionString>

  13:    <odc:CommandType>Table</odc:CommandType>

  14:    <odc:CommandText>Adventure Works.$Source Currency</odc:CommandText>

  15:   </odc:Connection>

  16:  </odc:OfficeDataConnection>

  17: </xml>