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Send True SMTP Mail using CDOSys instead of CDONTS

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SQL Server 2000 and Windows 2000 Only.Microsoft suggest using CDOSys rather than CDONTS.  CDOSys stands for Collaboration Data Objects for Windows 2000 Subsystems.  Below is a script that allows you do do just that.  NO EXCHANGE REQUIRED!!  Sample sends the user HTML Mail!Be sure to change @ServerIPAddr to your SMTP server.

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2002-04-22

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sp_CHARINDEX

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Here's a stored procedure version of udf_CharIndex for SQL Server 7.Sample Usage: DECLARE @iPos INT DECLARE @nRet INT EXECUTE @nRet = sp_CharIndex 'W', 'Hello World', @nPos = @iPos OUTPUT IF @iPos > 0   PRINT 'found' ELSE   Print 'not found' PRINT @iPos  --Only uses on character.

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2002-04-22

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List Network Share Directories Quickly

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Need a quick way to list shared folders?  Do it in one call.  Great for ASP page popups and user drop-down lists.Let's say that you want to display a list of projects, just call usp_GET_ProjectFolder and VIOLA! Only works with 2k; however, can be ported to ss7 if the udf is ported to a proc […]

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2002-04-22

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View/Edit ASP Script from From SQL Server 7.0/2000

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Ever want to display (and edit) ASP code from the original .asp file?  (like PHP's PHPInfo() function).To setup:  * Just create a .asp with SQL Server connectivity.  * Change @IISHostNameWWWPath to match your servername      -OR-     if SQL Server is on the same machine, use the next     line instead. (see […]

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2002-04-22

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Report table and column-level extended properties

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SQL Server 2000's extended properties provide an easy way to store your data dictionary documentation within the database itself. This stored proc provides an easy way to extract all the table and column-level descriptions from those system tables for reporting purposes. This procedure can easily be modified to provide additional information to suite your needs. […]

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2002-04-22

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