Holidays and Calendar Generation
Create the definition of your holidays and have them available for any year. Create a Calendar including holidays and business/work dates.
2017-12-15 (first published: 2016-02-16)
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Paul Hunter
- Interests: Guitar, music
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-01-29)
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BCP Format File Builder
Utility stored procedure to create non-xml format file for BCP/BULK INSERT processes. Very useful for text-qualified CSV files.
2009-08-14 (first published: 2009-08-04)
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The Decoded Value
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DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers