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Change the User Defined Data type

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User Defined Data Types (UDF) is one of the useful concepts in SQL Server. However UDF can't be modified after they are being used. You would have to remove your User Defined Data Type from each table before you can change it. This will be a big job under certain circumstances.This procedure changes all tables […]

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2002-04-19

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Write Reports from SQL to Disk (Even HTML!)

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Ever need to write reports out to a folder? I have found that creating output files are SA-WEET! (and easy too) The sample script uses BCP to create an HTML file.This process works well for reports that need to be generated nightly and take too long to run in real time.  Use an SMTP mail […]

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2002-04-18

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Truncating and deleting all tables in a database

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Sometimes, during test stage, you may need to truncate or delete all your tables in a database, without droping constraints, truncating and recreating constraints (DRI). You can use the TRUNCATE TABLE statement to removes all rows from a table without logging the individual row deletes, but tables referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint can not […]

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2002-04-17

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Decimal to Binary Conversion for event scheduling

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This procedure was written to create an event schedule     where the schedule may have non-consecutive days.    The input for the procedure is START DATE, END DATE, and DAYMAP    The DAYMAP input parameter is a decimal number whose binary representation    describes the schedule days over potentially a 4 week period (read from right to left).    […]

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2002-04-17

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Get users permissions with mapping thru role.

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This procedure is similar to sp_helpprotect except to extends a bit on the concept with roles involved. If for instance a user has right on a TableX but they are not mapped directly to the user but instead to a role then sp_helpprotect does not tell you this. This will tell you how the user […]

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2002-04-16

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List of triggers in a database

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Give the following information, about triggers in the database.Parent_Name      Parent_Type Name                         Type               Insert Update Delete IsFirstInsertTrigger IsFirstUpdateTrigger IsFirstDeleteTrigger IsLastInsertTrigger IsLastUpdateTrigger IsLastDeleteTrigger

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2002-04-16

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Preventing accidental overwrites with update SPs

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Say you wanted to create an SP for updating records in a database.  How would you do this in such a way as to allow your users to edit only a subset of fields in the record, without overwriting the other fields, and without requiring verbose IF blocks and CASE statements in your code?Simple.  Use […]

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2002-04-16

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