SQL Server Replication - Configuring Peer-to-Peer Replication

The first step in configuring the Peer-to-Peer replication is to configure the distribution on all the involved SQL Server instances.
To configure the distributor, follow the steps posted here.
Once the distributor is configured on all the involved instances, we need to configure the transactional publication.
To configure the publisher, follow the steps posted here.
Once the publisher is configured, we need to enable the peer-to-peer replication for this publisher.

Data source name not found and no default driver specified - SSIS Error

Sometimes you might get the below error when you are trying to run a SSIS package which is trying to connect to a 32 bit system from a 64 bit system/driver.

[DataReader Source [320]] Error: System.Data.Odbc.OdbcException: ERROR [IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.IDTSConnectionManager90.AcquireConnection(Object pTransaction) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.DataReaderSourceAdapter.AcquireConnections(Object transaction) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ManagedComponentHost.HostAcquireConnections(IDTSManagedComponentWrapper90 wrapper, Object transaction)

To fix this error:

1. Go to "Solution Explorer"
2. Right-Click on the Project and choose "Properties"
3. Expand "Configuration Properties" and choose "Debugging"
4. Set the "Run64BitRuntime" option to "False"
5. Click "ok" and save the project

T-SQL to get the list of objects modified in x number of days

USE SansSQL; -- Change the Database Name
GO
DECLARE @Days int
SET @Days=300 -- Specify the number of days
SELECT name AS ObjectName
  ,SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS SchemaName
  ,type_desc AS ObjectType
  ,create_date AS ObjectCreatedOn
  ,modify_date As ObjectModifiedOn
FROM sys.objects
WHERE modify_date > GETDATE() - @Days
ORDER BY modify_date;
GO

T-SQL query to get the Full text catalogs associated with a database

Here is a T-SQL query to get the Full text catalogs associated with a particular database

Use <Database Name>
SELECT DB_Name() AS DatabaseName, name 
FROM sys.fulltext_catalogs;
GO

To get the Full text catalogs associated with all databases in a instance, use the above query with sp_msforeachdb

Exec sp_msforeachdb '
USE [?];
SELECT DB_Name() AS DatabaseName, name 
FROM sys.fulltext_catalogs;'
GO

Connect to SSIS service on machine failed: Error loading type library/DLL

When connecting to an SSIS instance on a newly installed system you might be sometimes presented with the error "Connect to SSIS service on machine <Machine Name> failed: Error loading type library/DLL"