Many downloads - especially from MS - are now coming as ISO images. Usually you burn these to CD or DVD and then use as normal, but there is a way to access the image directly saving the time/cost of burning. Not a SQL article, but you may find it useful anyway.
2005-10-14 (first published: 2004-07-16)
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Executes a file containing T-SQL code without using OSQL. The file can be up to 80,000 characters. Each line in the file should be no more than 256 characters. (Customize the code as needed.) The DOS Type command is used to retrieve the code. Embedded "go"s are removed so don't expect termination behavior. The only […]
2005-03-25 (first published: 2004-07-14)
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Andy discusses one of the questions he uses to screen senior developer candidates. While the question itself is interesting, we think it will be more interesting to see how many of you agree with one of his positions - that developers think of program code and sql code as different animals, especially when it comes to debugging.
2004-07-09
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Removes double spaces in a string, leaving all words seperated by a single space. Run in Query Analyzer.
2004-07-21 (first published: 2004-07-05)
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Counting the number of ocurrences of characters in a string can be useful, and this script will do the job. It can easily be modified to be a function or to search for ocurrences of strings. Run it in Query Analyzer.
2004-07-20 (first published: 2004-07-05)
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I had a developer in my company come to me recently with a unique request. He asked if there was any way for sql to return a result set that was flopped. In other words he wanted the rows to be columns and the columns to be rows. So that a result set like this:Col1 […]
2004-07-19 (first published: 2004-07-02)
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This script deletes all duplicates from a table. It keeps the first instance of the record, and discards all others. If you want to keep the last instance of the record, use MAX instead of MIN. The script can be modified very easily to include more/less fields for comparison. I've successfully used this SP to […]
2004-07-27 (first published: 2004-07-01)
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sp_BulkExport:Export Data from TSQL without using xp_cmdshell - uses SQLDMO and sp_OA*. Supports a variety of formats and options. In my testing on a 22 million-row table it is NOT as fast as BCP. This is the first rev of the proc and it has not been thoroughly tested.
2004-09-16 (first published: 2004-06-25)
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I don't remember where I found this little gem, but as a VB Developer it has simplified retrieving dates on many projects. Simply pass the function a datetime value and the format that you want in VB style syntax and the date is properly returned. I have modified it slightly from the original author (who […]
2004-07-23 (first published: 2004-06-24)
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SQLCalcEngine - evaluate numeric expression similar to the VB eval function.The basic concept is to pass a string containing a numeric expression such as ((2+3)*(4/9)) and receive a numeric value back. The algorithm is based loosely on material found at http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/expression_evaluation.html, as well as material found in the book "Writing Compilers and Interpreters" by Ronald […]
2005-03-31 (first published: 2004-06-22)
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I have a table with this data:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 2 2 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 3 3 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 4 4 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 5 5 2025-01-01 2025-01-06I run this code:
SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('TravelLog')
I get the value 5 back. Now I do this:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog ON
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
TravelLogID,
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(25, 5, '2025-09-12', '2025-09-17')
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog OFF
I now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17')
GO
What is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025?
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