Validate Email
Found a version of this on the net. removed the loop and if/thens and made it a case statement 2004-03-11: Changed '@%@' to '%@%@%'
2004-03-08
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T-SQL
Read the registry using T-SQL
This script uses the extended stored procedure xp_instance_regread to read a value from the registry
2004-02-20
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An old and new way to query Hierarchical data
This script uses an old mathematical way of doing hierarchical queries. The most common way of showing hierarchical data in SQL Server is by creating a stored procedure that calls itself. This is not a recent problem, in fact this programming technique has been around since the first programming languages. By using stacks, you can […]
2007-05-02 (first published: 2004-02-17)
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2004-09-30 (first published: 2004-02-16)
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2004-10-01 (first published: 2004-02-16)
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Copy rows generator
This stored procedure is created from the need to copy rows from a table with new value. The script itself will create stored procedure proc_copyrows.The parameters are@TableName: the table name@FilterField: filter field, default is null, means no filter@SourceValue: the value of filter field from source data to be copied@DestinationValue: the new value of filter field@SourceDB: […]
2004-02-13
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Temp Tables in SQL Server
This is an entry level look at how temp tables work in SQL along with some tips about how to use them effectively.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-02-11)
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XTAB - CROSSTAB UTILITY
sp_XTAB (prototype) produces pivoted (crosstab) views/output with a minimum of fuss.No messing with code, just tell XTAB what you want to pivot.Tested to 764 pivoted columns, XTAB can generate up to 63000 characters of dynamic sql. Example (deliberately over-simplified)----------------------updated 27 January 2004Use NorthwindEXEC sp_XTAB 'Northwind','xtEMPL_COUNTRY','Orders','EmployeeID','ShipCountry', '', 'OrderID','COUNT','NULL', '', 'SELECT xtEMPL_COUNTRY.* FROM xtEMPL_COUNTRY' -- Include optional […]
2004-01-24
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UDF For Extracting Actual Time From Two DateTime
Hi guys, I have created a script of User-Defined-Function to extract the calulated time from two given datetime inputs. But you have to pass THREE parameters like :-a)Start Datetimeb)End Datetimec)To display the format either in HH:MM:SS or HH.MM , we use 'T'(HH:MM:SS) OR 'N'(HH.MM). Please feel FREE to E-mail me at […]
2004-01-14
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Generate Random Alphanumeric Strings
This script will generate and populate a table variable with a stipulated number of unique 8 randomly generated character alphanumeric values. This can be useful in situations where one has to allocate passwords or unique id to users. It accepts one input parameter "@HowMany int" representing the number of these alphanumeric values to generate; default=500.Usage: […]
2004-07-06 (first published: 2004-01-09)
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