findInName - Stored Procedure to search all object names

-search all databases
CREATE OR ALTER PROC tools.findInName
(@searchstring VARCHAR(200))
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @results TABLE (
    [search_term] VARCHAR(255),
    [database_name] VARCHAR(255),
    [schema_name] VARCHAR(255),
    [object_Name] VARCHAR(255),
 [type_desc] VARCHAR(255) )

DECLARE @dbname sysname;
DECLARE @actualsearchstring VARCHAR(200);

SET @actualsearchstring = REPLACE(@searchstring,'_','/_')

DECLARE @dsql nvarchar(max) = '
SELECT  ''' +@searchstring + '''  AS [search_term]
     ,DB_NAME() AS [database_name]
  ,TABLE_SCHEMA
  ,TABLE_NAME
  ,TABLE_TYPE 
 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE ''%'+@actualsearchstring+'%'' ESCAPE ''/''

UNION ALL

SELECT   ''' +@searchstring + '''  AS [search_term]
     ,DB_NAME() AS [database_name]
     ,ROUTINE_SCHEMA
  ,ROUTINE_NAME
  ,ROUTINE_TYPE 
 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
 WHERE ROUTINE_NAME LIKE ''%'+@actualsearchstring+'%'' ESCAPE ''/''

';
DECLARE @execCommand nvarchar(max);

DECLARE dbs CURSOR STATIC LOCAL FORWARD_ONLY READ_ONLY 
FOR
SELECT name FROM sys.databases (NOLOCK)
OPEN dbs;
FETCH NEXT FROM dbs INTO @dbname;
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    SET @execCommand = 'EXEC ' + QUOTENAME(@dbname) + '.sys.sp_executesql @dsql';

    INSERT @results
    EXEC sys.sp_executesql @execCommand, N'@dsql nvarchar(max)', @dsql

    FETCH NEXT FROM dbs INTO @dbname; 
END

CLOSE dbs;
DEALLOCATE dbs;
SELECT * FROM @results
END
GO

EXEC tools.findInName '_'

TSQL - Searching for Escaped Characters

Use the ESCAPE keyword to define a character to use to escape a literal. The _ underscore cannot usually be searched, to do so escape it like this.

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%/_%' ESCAPE '/'

findInCode - Stored Procedure to search code in all databases for a string

--search all databases
CREATE OR ALTER PROC tools.findInCode
(@searchstring VARCHAR(200))
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @results TABLE (
     [searchTerm] VARCHAR(255)
    ,[databaseName] VARCHAR(255)
    ,[schemaName] VARCHAR(255)
    ,[objectName] VARCHAR(255)
 ,[typeDesc] VARCHAR(255) )
DECLARE @dbname sysname;
DECLARE @dsql nvarchar(max) = '
 SELECT ''' +@searchstring + '''  AS [search_term]
   ,DB_NAME() AS [databaseName]
   ,SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) as schemaName
   ,o.name AS ObjectName
   ,o.type_desc AS typeDesc
 FROM sys.sql_modules m (NOLOCK)
 INNER JOIN sys.objects o (NOLOCK) ON m.object_id = o.object_id
 WHERE m.definition LIKE ''%'+@searchstring+'%''
';
DECLARE @execCommand nvarchar(max);

DECLARE dbs CURSOR STATIC LOCAL FORWARD_ONLY READ_ONLY 
FOR
SELECT name FROM sys.databases (NOLOCK)
OPEN dbs;
FETCH NEXT FROM dbs INTO @dbname;
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    SET @execCommand = 'EXEC ' + QUOTENAME(@dbname) + '.sys.sp_executesql @dsql';

    INSERT @results
    EXEC sys.sp_executesql @execCommand, N'@dsql nvarchar(max)', @dsql

    FETCH NEXT FROM dbs INTO @dbname; 
END

CLOSE dbs;
DEALLOCATE dbs;
SELECT * FROM @results
END
GO

EXEC tools.findInCode 'findme'

Database Mirroring : TSQL Health Scripts

-- Dynamic Managment View of configuration information

SELECT db_name(sd.[database_id])           AS [Database Name]
      ,sd.mirroring_state                  AS [Mirror State]
      ,sd.mirroring_state_desc             AS [Mirror State]
      ,sd.mirroring_partner_name           AS [Partner Name]
      ,sd.mirroring_role_desc              AS [Mirror Role] 
      ,sd.mirroring_safety_level_desc      AS [Safety Level]
      ,sd.mirroring_witness_name           AS [Witness]
      ,sd.mirroring_connection_timeout AS [Timeout(sec)]
FROM sys.database_mirroring AS sd
WHERE mirroring_guid IS NOT null
ORDER BY [Database Name];

-- history of all mirored transactions in last 2 hours

USE msdb;

EXEC sp_dbmmonitorresults DatabaseName, 2, 0;

--os performance counters about mirroring

SELECT *,[counter_name] as CounterName,[cntr_value] as CounterValue
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE [object_name] LIKE ('%Database Mirroring%')
AND [instance_name]='mirroredDatabase'

Linked Server Setting - Promotion of Distributed Transactions

This error occured when I tried to access a stored proedure via a linked server.
Getting the results worked fine, simply executing the stored procedure.

EXEC [SERVERNAME].[DatabaseName].[SchemaName].[myStoredProcedure]

But putting the results into a temporary table meant it became a 'distributed transaction'

CREATE TABLE ##tempTable (column1, column2...)
INSERT INTO ##tempTable
EXEC [SERVERNAME].[DatabaseName].[SchemaName].[myStoredProcedure]

OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "SERVERNAME" returned message "The partner transaction manager has disabled its support for remote/network transactions.".
Msg 7391, Level 16, State 2, Line 12
The operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "SERVERNAME" was unable to begin a distributed transaction.

Both servers were already running the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) service.
Multiple posts suggest tuning the security of DTC, but I eventually found the solution was much simpler. Like the setting for Remote Procedure calls RPC, it turned out to be a property of the linked server itself, 'Enable Promotion of Distributed Transactions'.

The default for 'Enable Promotion of Distributed Transactions' is TRUE, setting it to FALSE enabled my code to run.

Renaming a Linked Server

Simple but very helpful as scripting out a linked server won't include the password information.

EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'OLDNAME', @optname=N'name', @optvalue=N'NEWNAME'

Trace Flag 7470

Trace flag 7470 works in SQL 2017! I'm always a little reluctant to use trace flags, especially after reading that Trace flags were becoming redundant due to more database level settings.

Anyway, I've eliminated the Sort operator spilling to tempdb by applying 7470.

Note, the documentation says it doesn't apply to SQL 2017, but I had it on good authority that it would,

Trace Flag 7470 : Fix operator spills to tempdb