Last month Name and Year in a SSRS expression
Show the last month and year in a expression, based on a parameter called asofdate. Must format Date Month Year
2011-11-08 (first published: 2011-10-11)
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Extract values from a string using a delimiter
There are many occasions in programs where you need to manipulate strings of characters that are delimited by a particular character, such as a comma, or a space. This function enables you to extract a substring from the string at a specified occurence of the delimter. declare @Data varchar(255) set @Data = 'A,B,C,D,E' print dbo.field(@data,',',2,2) […]
2011-11-07 (first published: 2007-08-03)
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Wait Time - Query\Client
Script helps to get the client and queries that generate longer waiting time.
2011-11-07 (first published: 2011-10-14)
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Compare 2 datasets and output delta in one TSQL statement
There are many ways 2 compare datasets to find differences, this is one of them.
2011-11-04 (first published: 2011-10-21)
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Check if Constraint is enabled or disabled
This is a script to find all constraints and check if they are enabled or disabled.
2011-11-03 (first published: 2011-10-12)
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2011-11-02 (first published: 2011-10-21)
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2011-11-01 (first published: 2011-10-18)
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2011-10-31 (first published: 2011-10-19)
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Proc to Rename a file
A simple way to rename a file from within a T-SQL Script, primarily designed to add a date-time stamp. Works in 2000 and 2005.
2011-10-28 (first published: 2008-05-13)
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Find and Replace a String in the Whole Database
Find and Replace a string in all string fields (char, varchar, etc) of all tables in the database.
2011-10-27 (first published: 2008-02-08)
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Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers