http://sqldbatips.com/ Code samples, articles and tips for SQL Server DBA's covering SQL2000 and SQL2005 en-GB http://www.sqldbatips.com/images/rsslogo.jpg http://sqldbatips.com/ The SQL 2005 DDL Audit Samples are a collection of sample applications for configuring DDL (Data Definition Language) auditing on one or more SQL Server 2005 instances. These applications were first presented at the PASS 2006 Community Summit in my presentation Building a DDL Audit Solution using SQL Server 2005. They build on top of the Service Broker and Server Event Notification infrastructure available in SQL Server 2005 to provide a means of collecting all server and database DDL events in a central database for viewing and reporting. Full source code is provided for all sample applications http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=113 2006-12-10 When you have a lot of SQL files in a SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Project it can become difficult to find the file you are looking for as the order that they are displayed in the Solution Explorer is the order they were added to the project. The utility descriped in this article allows you to add menu items to sort the SQL files in a SSMS Project http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=78 2006-05-16 Reporting Services Linked Report Generator is a .NET Windows Forms application that enables automatic generation of linked reports to any number of Reporting Services folders based on a single base report. This can be useful where you have a hierachical folder structure and need to deploy the same report to multiple levels of the folder hierachy at the same time. http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=73 2005-06-25 Reporting Services Scripter is a .NET Windows Forms application that enables scripting of all Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services catalog items to aid in transferring them from one server to another. It can also be used to easily move items on mass from one Reporting Services folder to another on the same server. Depending on the scripting options chosen, Reporting Services Scripter can also transfer all catalog item properties such as Descriptions, History options, Execution options (including report specific and shared schedules) and server side report parameters http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=62 2005-03-02 With the lack of an equivalent in SQL Server 2005 for the SQL Server Service Manager system tray application that comes with SQL Server 2000, I've decided to write one myself using C# and SMO. The download in this article is the first beta of SQL 2005 Service Manager. http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=46 2004-09-15 In this article I'll look at a number of methods for enumerating SQL Servers to produce a list. I'll also present a procedure that can be used to populate a Windows Form combobox with a list of SQL Servers. For information on how to build and compile a SMO application please review Getting Started with SMO in SQL 2005. For SQL 2005 Express Edition Beta 2 please review Workaround for compiling SMO applications with SQL 2005 Express Edition http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=45 2004-09-12 In this series of articles, I'll demonstrate how to use SMO (SQL Management Objects) to do a variety of common DBA tasks including Backups, Restores,Index Maintenance, Integrity checks and more. These are some of the operations available in the SMO database maintenance utility available on this site - ExpressMaint. In this article we will concentrate on how to perform integrity checks using SMO in SQL2005 http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=42 2004-08-30 In this series of articles, I'll demonstrate how to use SMO (SQL Management Objects) to do a variety of common DBA tasks including Backups, Restores,Index Maintenance, Integrity checks and more. These are some of the operations available in the SMO database maintenance utility available on this site - ExpressMaint. In this article we will concentrate on how to verify backups using SMO in SQL2005 http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=41 2004-08-30 In this series of articles, I'll demonstrate how to use SMO (SQL Management Objects) to do a variety of common DBA tasks including Backups, Restores,Index Maintenance, Integrity checks and more. These are some of the operations available in the SMO database maintenance utility available on this site - ExpressMaint. In this article we will concentrate on how to perform restores using SMO in SQL2005 http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=40 2004-08-30 In this series of articles, I'll demonstrate how to use SMO (SQL Management Objects) to do a variety of common DBA tasks including Backups, Restores,Index Maintenance, Integrity checks and more. These are some of the operations available in the SMO database maintenance utility available on this site - ExpressMaint. In this article we will concentrate on how to perform backups using SMO in SQL2005 http://sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=37 2004-08-22