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Retrieve default value for parameter in procedure

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This procedure will return DEFAULT value for the parameter in the stored procedure. Usage: Use pubs go declare @Value varchar(30) exec _GetParamDefault 'random_password','@password_type',@value OUTPUT SELECT @VALUE Also accepts different versions, by default, if not specified, first version info retrieved. exec _GetParamDefault 'random_password;2','@password_type',@value

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2002-05-10

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Scalar Function to Determine Age at a Given Date

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This function was written to supplant cumbersome age-at calculations.  To execute, simply set a local INT variable equal to the output of the function.  For example, the following, given my birthdate, computes my own age:    DECLARE @age_at INT    SET @age_at = dbo.f_age_at ('2/16/1954', GETDATE ())

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2002-05-09

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Update existing user accounts default language.

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When changing the default language of a server it is neccessary to run sp_defaultlangauge against any existing logins. The reason is default language only effects any new accounts created after this change is made. This script is designed to help you quickly make the adjustment for all existing accounts. Note: this has been tested under […]

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2002-05-09

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User defined function to parse delimited strings

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This UDF parses a comma delimited string and returns a table with the parse strings as rows. Usage:  select * from fn+PareseString('12,13,14,67')Will return a table with the following rows12131467Can be modified to have an additional parameter for the type of delimiter.

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2002-05-07

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Cursorless Cursor

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Here is as sample of implementing cursor.In some cases my tests showed that this approach performs better than native cursors in SQL Server.All you have to do is move the dataset into a temp table with a new Identity column and then use a simple loop to extract the data as you would do normally […]

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2002-05-06

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Specifying the Collation

I am dealing with issues on my SQL Server 2022 instance related to collation. I have an instance collation of Latin1_General_CS_AS_KS_WS, but a database collation of Latin1_General_CI_AS. I want to force a few queries to run with a specified collation by using code like this:

DECLARE @c VARCHAR(20) = 'Latin1_General_CI_AS'

SELECT  p.PersonType,
        p.Title,
        p.LastName,
        c.CustomerID,
        c.AccountNumber
 FROM Person.Person AS p
 INNER JOIN Sales.Customer AS c
 ON c.PersonID = p.BusinessEntityID
 COLLATE @c
Will this solve my problem?

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