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-- Downloaded from http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saponsqlserver
EXEC('IF OBJECT_ID (''sp_hexadecimal'') IS NOT NULL DROP PROCEDURE sp_hexadecimal')
 
EXEC('CREATE PROCEDURE sp_hexadecimal
    @binvalue varbinary(256),
    @hexvalue varchar (514) OUTPUT
AS
DECLARE @charvalue varchar (514)
DECLARE @i int
DECLARE @length int

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<# 
 .SYNOPSIS 
    Restores SQL Server databases from the backup directory structure created by Ola Hallengren's database maintenance scripts.

 .DESCRIPTION 
    Many SQL Server database administrators use Ola Hallengren's SQL Server Maintenance Solution which can be found at http://ola.hallengren.com
	Hallengren uses a predictable backup structure which made it relatively easy to create a script that can restore an entire SQL Server database instance, down to the master database (next version), to a new server. This script is intended to be used in the event that the originating SQL Server becomes unavailable, thus rendering my other SQL restore script (http://goo.gl/QmfQ6s) ineffective.
	
 .PARAMETER ServerName
	Required. The SQL Server to which you will be restoring the databases.

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1.	Took note at the exact version of SQL Server, down to the build number
2.	Made backups of all databases, including the system databases
3.	Stopped the SQL server role within the Failover Cluster Manager
4.	Once the disks went offline within Windows, took a storage-level snapshot of the shared disks. I named this snap “ent version”.
5.	Copied the system databases, and their logs (mdfs and ldfs) to backup directories just in case the snapshot didn’t work (one can never be too safe)
6.	Used VMware to snapshot both Windows nodes (alternatively, you can shut them down and snap them at the storage level)
7.	Uninstalled SQL Server from both nodes using the Remove Node from Cluster option. This will delete the system dbs, but not the user dbs.
8.	Deleted templog.ldf from my system directory (it was the only one that the uninstall didn’t get rid of)
9.	Reinstalled SQL Server Standard exactly as Enterprise was before on both nodes – down to the IP, service account, name, directory structure, filestream share etc.
10

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CREATE TABLE countries (
  code char(2) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
  name_en nvarchar(255),
  name_fr nvarchar(255),
) 

INSERT INTO countries VALUES ('AD','Andorra','Andorre'),('AE','United Arab Emirates','Émirats arabes unis'),('AF','Afghanistan','Afghanistan'),('AG','Antigua and Barbuda','Antigua-et-Barbuda'),('AI','Anguilla','Anguilla'),('AL','Albania','Albanie'),('AM','Armenia','Arménie'),('AO','Angola','Angola'),('AQ','Antarctica','Antarctique'),('AR','Argentina','Argentine'),('AS','American Samoa','Samoa américaine'),('AT','Austria','Autriche'),('AU','Australia','Australie'),('AW','Aruba','Aruba'),('AX','Åland Islands','Îles d''Åland'),('AZ','Azerbaijan','Azerbaïdjan'),('BA','Bosnia and Herzegovina','Bosnie-Herzégovine'),('BB','Barbados','Barbade'),('BD','Bangladesh','Bangladesh'),('BE','Belgium','Belgique'),('BF','Burkina Faso','Burkina Faso'),('BG','Bulgaria','Bulgarie'),('BH','Bahrain','Bahreïn'),('BI','Burundi','Burundi'),('BJ','Benin','Bénin'),('BL','Saint Barthélemy','Saint-Barthélemy'),('BM','Bermud

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$csvfile = "C:\perf\bigperf.csv"
$csvfile = "C:\perf\tab.csv"
$csvdelimiter = "`t" # `t for tab
$firstrowcolumnnames = $false

Write-Output "Script started..."
[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.VisualBasic")
$elapsed = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 

$csv = New-Object Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser($csvfile)

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$GetDll = $true
if ($PSScriptRoot) { $location = $PSScriptRoot } else { $location = (Get-Location).Path }
$dll = "$location\System.Data.SQLite.dll"

if ($GetDll) {
	$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
    $url = "https://netnerds.net/System.Data.SQLite.dll"
    $wc.DownloadFile($url,$dll)
}

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Function Join-AdminUNC {
 <#
            .SYNOPSIS
             Parses a path to make it an admin UNC.   

            .EXAMPLE
             Join-AdminUNC sqlserver C:\windows\system32
			 Output: \\sqlserver\c$\windows\system32
			 
            .OUTPUTS

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Function New-TextIcon {
    [CmdletBinding()] 
	Param(
        	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] 
        	[string]$Text,
        	[string]$Path,
        	[int]$Height = 16,
        	[int]$Width = 16,
		[int]$FontSize = 9

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Function Show-SystemColors {
<# 
	 .SYNOPSIS
	  Shows a visual representation (grid with color block, name, and hex code)) of system colors.
		
	 .NOTES
		Author  : Chrissy LeMaire
		Requires: 	PowerShell 3.0
		Version: 1.0
		DateUpdated: 2015-Sep-16

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# Load WPF Assemblies
Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework

# Get the info you need from SQL Server
$sqlserver = "sqlserver2014a"
$query = "select name from master.dbo.sysdatabases order by name"

$conn = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$conn.ConnectionString = "Data Source=$sqlserver;Integrated Security=True;Connection Timeout=3"
$conn.Open()