Database Engine Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

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SQL Server 2008 Books Online (August 2008)

SQL Server 2008 supports the following system stored procedures that are used for general maintenance of an instance of SQL Server.

sp_add_data_file_recover_suspect_db	sp_droptype
sp_add_log_file_recover_suspect_db	sp_executesql
sp_addextendedproc	sp_getapplock
sp_addextendedproperty	sp_getbindtoken
sp_addmessage	sp_help
sp_addtype	sp_helpconstraint
sp_addumpdevice	sp_helpdb
sp_altermessage	sp_helpdevice
sp_attach_db	sp_helpextendedproc
sp_attach_single_file_db	sp_helpfile
sp_autostats	sp_helpfilegroup
sp_bindefault	sp_helpindex
sp_bindrule	sp_helplanguage
sp_bindsession	sp_helpserver
sp_certify_removable	sp_helpsort
sp_configure	sp_helpstats
sp_control_plan_guide	sp_helptext
sp_create_plan_guide	sp_helptrigger
sp_create_plan_guide_from_handle	sp_indexoption
sp_create_removable	sp_invalidate_textptr
sp_createstats	sp_lock
sp_cycle_errorlog	sp_monitor
sp_datatype_info	sp_procoption
sp_dbcmptlevel	sp_recompile
sp_dbmmonitoraddmonitoring	sp_refreshview
sp_dbmmonitorchangealert	sp_releaseapplock
sp_dbmmonitorchangemonitoring	sp_rename
sp_dbmmonitordropalert	sp_renamedb
sp_dbmmonitordropmonitoring	sp_resetstatus
sp_dbmmonitorhelpalert	sp_serveroption
sp_dbmmonitorhelpmonitoring	sp_setnetname
sp_dbmmonitorresults	sp_settriggerorder
sp_dboption	sp_spaceused
sp_dbremove	sp_tableoption
sp_delete_backuphistory	sp_unbindefault
sp_depends	sp_unbindrule
sp_detach_db	sp_updateextendedproperty
sp_dropdevice	sp_updatestats
sp_dropextendedproc	sp_validname
sp_dropextendedproperty	sp_who
sp_dropmessage