The stored proc FindObjByColumn_sp, while simple, is extremely useful when making database changes or for any reason that you need to find any tables and stored procedures that contain a particular column. It searches the system tables of a database to find the object containing the column. In addition, the procedure automatically adds a wildcard […]
2002-10-31
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The script will do the following:- build a ten digit phone number regardless of input column size.- Ignores extensions- Ignores leading 1, as in 1(800)...- Ignores most special characters or spaces- converts literals to digitsIt can be easily convert to a UDFEnjoy.C. Z. Ovits
2002-10-28
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Using the sp_help to get a table structure is very cumbersome. First, in order to print it you have to use"Results in Text" not "Results in Grid". Second, the results are very wide screen-wise and very hard to read or print. Third, you do not get the size or number rows with the same request.This […]
2002-10-28
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Here is another Number of Days in the Month function for SQL Server without the use of Case or if statements. It uses the DATEPART and DATEADD built-in functions.
2002-10-28
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Recently I saw here a script that returns the number of days of the month however I made my own script and I think that it's better elaborated. It's true that this is my opinion, but here it's. Evaluate it yourself.print dbo.f_days_in_month('2000-02-21')
2002-10-26
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This stored procedure extract the error code and description form the DTS package log tables in the msdb database.You just pass it the package name, step name and the time that the step started ( because you could end up with many entries in the log ) and it will return the Error Code and […]
2002-10-25
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We frequently have to work out a date based on a number of working days before or after a specified date, excluding Saturdays and Sundays.Attached is the script to create the function. I call another function called fn_Midnight which was designed to help whe programmers get a date with no time portion without having to […]
2002-10-22
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Do you run jobs that call BAT files where you wish you could include a formatted date stamp in the output name of an OSQL file? Well, you can using the DOS 'FOR' command. I named a variable FILEDATE and use it as: path\Filename_%FILEDATE%.txt (Note: A BAT file requires double %% in the 'FOR' command […]
2002-10-21
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Following up on a question posted in our discussion area, Andy demonstrates how to backup/restore a database using DMO, how to get the list of files to be restored, and how to do a restore with no recovery. Lots of sample code!
2002-10-15
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A user defined function to return a table af tokens from a delimited string.Uses text variable so string can be of unlimited length, performs better than a list of xml elements. Now supports returning of tokens by position
2002-10-12
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