Convert Hex value to Signed 32-bit int
Convert, up to 8 nibbles, hex string ('FFFFFFFF'...'00000000')to signed 32-bit int (-2147483648..2147483647).
2001-11-15
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Convert, up to 8 nibbles, hex string ('FFFFFFFF'...'00000000')to signed 32-bit int (-2147483648..2147483647).
2001-11-15
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In this view, Steve thinks that certifications are invaluable (especially in this economy).
2001-11-13
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When implementing a pilot study of audit trail triggers, you often want a way of removing all triggers in the database in order to retest your scripts: here it is!
2001-11-08
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Part 1 of a 4 part series about ADO, this is a beginner level article designed to get you started using the ADO connection object. If you haven't used ADO so far, why not see what it's all about?
2006-05-26 (first published: 2001-11-08)
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Like the one posted before, the use of the SP is like this: proc_alerts 1,18. This will show the first 18 alerts on the system. OR proc_alerts 20,35 will show from 20 to 35. This lets you manage the list without letting go out of the screen.
2001-11-03
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If you are using OSQL or ISQL from DOS querys are really hard to use, because the result is to big for the screen. With this procedure, you can especify from wich column to wich column show the list of tables. For Example: proc_tables master, 3, 10 will show you only a short list of […]
2001-10-28
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2001-10-26
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Now you can run administrative T-SQL tasks against all your databases in one shot. Very usefull for environments that have a seperate database for each client, ASP's, etc. It's pretty straight forward and can be used for almost any task. This example Looks for a table and prints the database name and selects from the […]
2001-10-21
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Andy starts a new series about Worst Practices - come find out why and read about the first one on his list - using Hungarian Notation for column names!
2019-08-01 (first published: 2001-10-09)
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Ever forget to commit a transaction and then find out hours later that there is deadlocked transactions all over your database server? Worse yet has one of your coworkers done this to your database server? Never again, this stored procedure will net send the machine that has an open transaction, and send you (The DBA) […]
2001-10-08
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By Steve Jones
Don’t reserve your kindest praise for a person until their eulogy. Tell them while...
I wanted to try out the new JSON index which is for the moment...
By Brian Kelley
I thought it would be good to put my thoughts down on how to...
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If I use DBCC CLONEDATABASE, can I remove some of the information from the copy?
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