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Generate script for extended properties

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The stored procedure generates insert script for table and column extended properties in the current database. The generated script checks whether a property exists, if it exists, drop it first. The stored procedure assumes table owner is dbo. It can be easily changed to other users.

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2005-11-11 (first published: )

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TextToDecimal

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SUMMARY:This UDF script takes a text value(nvarchar) and returns a decimal(18,6) number. If the text value can't be interpreted as numeric, the UDF returns NULL.-----------------------------------------------USAGE: SET @MyDecimal = dbo.TextToDecimal('-$123,456.73')@MyDecimal will now be -123456.730000SET @MyDecimal = dbo.TextToDecimal('-$123,4560.73') --bad number format@MyDecimal will now be NULL------------------------------------------------------DESCRIPTION:The ISNUMERIC function incorrectly returns 1 (True) for many non-numeric text values. Even […]

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2005-11-02 (first published: )

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Add users to Windows NT Group

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This scripts adds the users to the specified Windows NT Group.This will be helpful if we want to give the access to group of users to a sql server, which is runing with Windows Authentication. Create a NT group and give the access on SQL and run this script it adds the user into the […]

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2005-10-10 (first published: )

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