you cannot create a table on the fly across a linked server. the select into...from tries to do that.

you can only insert into tables that exist.

so INSERT INTO ...

I've used extended properties for this purpose; then i can test if the extended property has the desired value before decinding to allow a script to run or not.

[here's an...

you get the best results here if you provide full details(if you can), the CREATE TABLE, the specific condition(THIS column changes, affect THIS OTHER column)

here's an example which *I Think*...

so you need to generate just under a million rows;

here's how i did it:

DECLARE @StartRange BINARY(8)

DECLARE @EndRange BINARY(8)

SET @StartRange = 0x00000004A500114B

SET @EndRange = 0x00000004A50F11FF

--select convert(integer,+ @EndRange)...

Nice solution, Jonathan;

only thing i thought is he might want the preceeding zeros for comparison, if he needs the values as flags?

for example the value 2 returns "10",where he might...

ok here's one way:

i'm assuming you want it in the same format i see when i do ipconfig/all

pairs of [0-9,A-E] with dashes:

cross joining the widget below against a row-number derived...

you have to join against the master table of all the departments;

otherwise if it doesn't exist in the employees table you cannot display it

something like this:

select

alldepartments.department ,

...

both bcp and the more robust sqlcmd have the ability to be fed a query and output the results to a file;

that is your best choices, unless you write/find a...

I'm guessing you are just coming on board with a shop that does this? I would say they must have that software in their shop already; I would lean more...

its that integer division raising it's ugly head again;

both counts are INT values, and SQL figures if you do any math(add,subtract, muultiply or divide) to two integers, the answer must...

doh! i was looking for that kind of logic hole, too small-o-variable, glad you found it!

not that I'm particularly evil or anything, but if I joined a month before, say Jeff Moden did, does that mean if I change my username now to "Jeff Moden",...

i thought i read here on the forum that xp_delete would only delete certain extensions of for file names....

when i ggogled "SQL SERVER xp_delete file extensions", i found some different...

sp_getDDL returns the complete CREATE TABLE command in TSQL; I've been using it in a DDL audit trigger, and also using it more often then sp_help.

Could some of you folks...

-=oops i did not see you were using an output parameters...thought you wanted the RETURN; i'm testing the other way now, and will report back, sorry...jumped to conclusions=-

oops old...