Random outpourings of a software developer
This is an article on using the command line tool to deploy reports.
Using tools like this are much needed in a controlled environment when we have a fix set of deployment tools and roles.
We need to put a defined build onto a storage area and be able to reliably deploy it without development tools.
Here as recommend by some bloke on slashdot.
@set _server=MYSERVER
@set _db=MYDATABASE
@set dbcmd=sqlcmd -S %_server% -d %_db% -E -k -W -Q
@REM select ‘%dbcmd% “sp_helptext ”[‘ + SS.Name + ‘].[‘ + SO.name + ‘]”” > doc’ + SS.Name + ‘.’ + SO.name + ‘.sql’
@REM from sysobjects SO
@REM join sys.schemas SS
@REM on SO.uid = SS.schema_id
@REM where SO.type = ‘P’
This is an article on using ado.net from Powershell
TFS has a command line tool: tf
See for details.
This overcomes some but not all of the obvious flaws.
This is a clone of Improv!
Improv was a revolutionary spreadsheet. By keeping the formulas distinct from the data it was far easier to maintain.
This is how to get firefox to play nice with kerberos.
Rapid-fire clear down scripts for Sql server 2005
select ‘drop table ‘ + SS.Name + ‘.’ + SO.name
from sysobjects SO
join sys.schemas SS ON SO.uid = SS.[schema_id]
where type = ‘U’
order by SO.name
select ‘drop function ‘ + SS.Name + ‘.’ + SO.name
from sysobjects SO
join sys.schemas SS ON SO.uid = SS.[schema_id]
where type = ‘FN’
order by SO.name
select ‘drop procedure ‘ + SS.Name + ‘.’ + SO.name
from sysobjects SO
join sys.schemas SS ON SO.uid = SS.[schema_id]
where type = ‘P’ and SS.Name != ‘dbo’
order by SO.name
select ‘drop view ‘ + SS.Name + ‘.’ + SO.name
from sysobjects SO
join sys.schemas SS ON SO.uid = SS.[schema_id]
where type = ‘V’
order by SO.name
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