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fnCharPad

This function allows the user to pass in a string / character value and it     will padd the value according to given parameters. The parameters are as follows:@ValueToPad = Value to be padded by function.@PadCharacter = Character used to pad a given value.@Justification = Justification format bit 0 - Value will be RIGHT justified […]

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2002-09-06

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spEasyBackup

Database backup made simple. You dont even have to pass any parameters if desired. It will all be handled for you.Capable of Net Send status notifications and writes status message to Windows event log.Side Effects:When not passing any @database params the the backup is done of the database where the proc resides. That means if […]

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In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?

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