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Generating random numbers in a range, sql2k

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This script will generated random numbers within a choosen Upper and LowerBound. I'v created a random number (int's) generator since i couldnt find a script which exactly did what I was searching for. The RAND function seems to do repetive patterns, so i created a new function based on the NEWID function.After running the two […]

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2004-10-08 (first published: )

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Find Overlapping Jobs

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Script lists all overlapping jobs that ran on selected server within last @Hoursback hours.Basically, idea behind this is to find jobs that are running at the same time, because that might significantly slow down server, especially if you have jobs that are running during business hours. You can do the same by looking into Jobs […]

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2004-01-02

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Generating sequential numbers - the fast way

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It is often necessary to generate a table with sequential numbers, up to a specified upper limit N. For small N, a simple INSERT in a WHILE loop will do. But, for large N, that solution becomes too slow. This script presents a different approach. It generates sequential numbers from the binary representation of N, […]

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2004-12-30 (first published: )

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Convert Numeric Figures into Words

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Hi guys    What about a function that converts a number figure into words.This sample script is to demonstrate the procedural capabilities of SQL Server . Samples  select fig2words(10) will give --Ten-- ,select fig2words(103) will give --one hundred and three --    The author uses much under utilized capability of SQL Server the recursive function calls to […]

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2003-11-11

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Strip Non-numeric characters from string function

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Sometimes it's necessary to strip non-numeric characters from the string, so you can convert to integer without error. Often it happens when you want to use stored procedure, especially system procedures. The output there can be already with some characters (MB, KB and such), but you want this result to be used for your own […]

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2003-11-10

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Identity Defaults

What happens when I run this code?

CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
     id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
     somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO

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