This function allows the user to pass in a string / character value and it will padd the value according to given parameters. The parameters are as follows:@ValueToPad = Value to be padded by function.@PadCharacter = Character used to pad a given value.@Justification = Justification format bit 0 - Value will be RIGHT justified […]
2002-09-06
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This function strips a list of characters from the value passed in. Useful for cleaning up input data and removing unwanted characters for streamlined data storage.
2002-09-06
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When altering the structure of tables it is good practice to run SP_RECOMPILE against the table to force triggers and stored procedures to recompile. However this does not incude Udf's which also rely on the table, and this means the Udf's may fail when they are called. Run this script and supply the table name […]
2002-09-05
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This sp (sp_sysindexes) captures important columns from the table sysindexes and translates the numeric values into text. It shows the owner.object, the filegroup which it belongs to, the type of index, the total number of pages for tables/clustered indexes and non clustered indexes. It also shows the status, the indid and the type of object.You […]
2002-09-01
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A list of tips that should make your code more secure. Note that SQL Server is mentioned in a few places, especially # 4
2002-08-28
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The SP compares the data in 2 tables and reports the different data. Tables could be from different servers, different databases or different schemas. This accepts 7 parameters 1, 2: Name of the 2 tables 3 : List only the differences 4. : Compare only the structure 5. : Check timestamp fields too 6. : […]
2002-08-17
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I liked the script of using a table as an array. But Didn't liked the cursor in it so I rewrote the script so that it uses a memory table.I tested it in the Query analyzer and this one is indeed faster. So all the people out there yelling that a memory table is faster […]
2002-08-07
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How can you compare two tables -- say, table A and table B and determine if their content is the same? Assuming that A and B have same structure, here's how:First, from set theory, recall that: If ((|A| = |B|) && |A U B| = |A|)) ====>>> A = B |A| = NUMBER of rows […]
2002-08-07
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In this article Andy looks at one way you can separate your presentation code from your data when you generate HTML tables for simple reports. Lots of code examples so you can see how it works.
2002-08-05
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this scripts presents the way to retrieve from a given result set the values given n where n determines that the Nth value,2N th values , 3Nth value will be returnedin the example n = 3 the returning rows are 22,32,42the given set is 20,21,22,30,31,32,40,41,42
2002-08-01
441 reads
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What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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