2002-07-19
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T-SQL
Example of How to use set IDENTITY_INSERT
a Basic example of how to manipulate an IDENTITY COLUMN AN HOW TO STOP the automatic counting using SET IDETNTITY_INSERT
2002-07-18
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Get computer Net Name in T-SQL
procedure is an extended xp called xp_getNetName to get the computer network identifcation name
2002-07-18
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Getting Information if a file exists in SQL
THERE is an extended sp called xp_fileexists given a full path to a file Name information is a 3 Bit vector 0/1 if a file doesn't/does exist0/1 is given name is a directory0/1 if the parent directory exists
2002-07-18
1,088 reads
A simple CrossTab procedure
this procedure gets a tableName,X axis column, Y axis column and a Value and draw a Pivot table from the Original Table Script also include an How to Use section
2002-07-15
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Get a summarized report of all DataBases options
This SELECT will give you a summarized report for the options selected for ALL the databases on your SQL Server. It's compatible with versions 7 and 2000.
2002-07-11
656 reads
Generate Number Range 2
Alternate method for generating a rowset with all of the numbers in a specified range.
2002-07-11
421 reads
Concatenate Rows without a cursor
You might come accross a situation where you want to retrieve the values of all the rows concatenated and stored in one variable. Here is the solution. Lets say you have a table called tblCustomerOrders which has CustID and OrderID. You now want all the OrderIDs for a particular Customer to be stored in one […]
2002-07-02
1,098 reads
GetFileInfo2
An Improved version of GetFileInfo that now includes the space utilization of each datafile. Provides more detail per file. Predict when your files are going to grow!! Both data and log files. This script organizes information about the database files on the server. A cursor is used to get the information from each database. The […]
2002-06-28
566 reads
Querying Responses
Binary data can be stored as integers in a table. This article explains how to query an integer field to return the bits represented by the integer.
2002-06-28
4,669 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
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I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
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Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers