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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Scripts
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)
1,551 reads
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)
2,348 reads
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)
1,803 reads
2011-11-01 (first published: 2011-10-18)
2,587 reads
2011-10-31 (first published: 2011-10-19)
2,297 reads
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)
3,066 reads
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)
3,474 reads
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Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers