sp_MSgetversion
This extended stored procedure can be used to get the current version of Microsoft SQL Server. To get the current SQL Server version, run
EXEC master..sp_MSgetversion
Note. A more common way to retrieve the current SQL Server version (this way provides more information) is to use following SELECT statement:
SELECT @@version
xp_dirtree
This extended stored procedure can be used to get a list of all the folders for the folder named in the xp. To get a list of all the folders in the C:\MSSQL7 folder, run:
EXEC master..xp_dirtree 'C:\MSSQL7'
xp_enum_oledb_providers
This extended stored procedure is used to list of all the available OLE DB providers. It returns Provider Name, Parse Name and Provider Description. To get a list of all OLE DB providers for your SQL Server, run:
EXEC master..xp_enum_oledb_providers
xp_enumcodepages
This extended stored procedure can be used to list of all code pages, character sets and their description for your SQL Server. To get a list of all code pages and character sets, run:
EXEC master..xp_enumcodepages
xp_enumdsn
This extended stored procedure returns a list of all System DSNs and their description. To get the list of System DSNs, run:
EXEC master..xp_enumdsn
xp_enumerrorlogs
This extended stored procedure returns the list of all error logs with their last change date. To get the list of error logs, run:
EXEC master..xp_enumerrorlogs
xp_enumgroups
This extended stored procedure returns the list of Windows NT groups and their description. To get the list of the Windows NT groups, run:
EXEC master..xp_enumgroups
xp_fileexist
You can use this extended stored procedure to determine whether a particular file exists on the disk or not.
Syntax:
EXECUTE xp_fileexist filename [, file_exists INT OUTPUT]
For example, to check whether the file boot.ini exists on disk c: or not, run:
EXEC master..xp_fileexist 'c:\boot.ini'
xp_fixeddrives
This very useful extended stored procedure returns the list of all hard drives and the amount of free space in Mb for each hard drive.
To see the list of drives, run:
EXEC master..xp_fixeddrives