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Verify Directory Exists and Create if Necessary

This script will check to see if a directory exists and if it does not then it will create the directory. I did not create this as a stored procedure but it certainly could be. I tend to just place this as one of my job steps so I can create a backup file of […]

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2005-03-24 (first published: )

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The Trigger Updated Column(s)

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