SQL Server Central: Scripts tagged Miscellaneous

Proc to Rename a file

A simple way to rename a file from within a T-SQL Script, primarily designed to add a date-time stamp. Works in 2000 and 2005. Read more...

By Simon Facer 2008/06/17 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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A Sudoku solution with set based T-SQL utilizing binary operators.

A Sudoku solution with set based T-SQL approach utilizing binary values and operators, to ease the algorithm. Read more...

By Kevin Duan 2008/06/09 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: T-SQL

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Row count and space used for all tables in database (update)

This procedure works like the sp_spaceused procedure but this one shows statistics for all tables in the selected database or for all databases (excluding tempdb and model). Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/05/02 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Select from stored procedure

This terse script shows an easy (but "dirty" - so not advisable for production environments - rather for personal use) way to select data from stored procedure. Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/04/23 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Generating number sequences with Common Table Expressions

The script shows one of ways generating number sequence - this one uses CTE Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/03/31 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Generating permutations - procedure

This procedure prepares a query for generating permutations of n-numbers set and executes it. Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/03/18 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Clear database - delete all records from a database (updated)

The procedure below deletes all records from the specified database's(except master, model, msdb and tempdb) tables (except those from the schema 'sys'). Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/04/14 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Search for a text in all databases

This procedure searches for a specified text in all (or one selected) databases in all (or selected) tables. Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/03/12 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Search for a specified GUID (or its part) in all databases (updated)

This procedure searches for the specified GUID (or its part) in all (or selected one) databases Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/03/06 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Briefcase | 411 reads

Sorted views in 2005 and TOP clause

These examples show how You can circumvent the problem with not working TOP 100 PERCENT and ORDER BY in views. Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/02/22 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Show all database's tables' columns' collations.

Created view displays all text columns' collations in the current database with the information whether the collation is different from the database's one. Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/04/04 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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Generating combinations 'm elements from n-element set'

This procedure generates a dataset with combinations of elements_to_select taken from number_of_values element set. It prints also the prepared query. Read more...

By Rafal S. 2008/04/01 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: Miscellaneous

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