Data extrapolation on the fly
Sometimes we need to generate the data based on a given date, to an end date (data extrapolation).
This is a easy way to do that without any temporary storage.
2008-11-14 (first published: 2008-09-25)
931 reads
Scripts
Display SQL services information
This Script is used to display the SQL and windows services information
by using the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC),
2008-11-11 (first published: 2008-09-20)
1,402 reads
Yet Another Pad Utility
A useful user defined function for padding values from the left or right with any token, number, or character.
2008-11-07 (first published: 2008-09-13)
796 reads
2008-11-06 (first published: 2008-09-12)
1,085 reads
Get Record count of all tables of current database
This script will return record count of all user tables from the current database
2008-11-05
1,099 reads
Add Primary key
This Store procedure is used to add primary key to all tables in a database, if table does not contain it.
2008-11-04
996 reads
2008-11-04
1,970 reads
Delimited String Parsing Functions - TwoCol set
Feed it two delimited strings of horizontal data and it returns it back as a vertical table with the two column data in the same synchronized position order.
2008-11-03 (first published: 2008-08-05)
2,251 reads
SP to find the database usage
This SP helps you to find the data file/s and log usage for a given DB
2008-11-01
1,338 reads
Compare SQL code of 2 objects.
Compare SQL code of sp, functions, or triggers. Can run across DB and/or servers. Generates report similar to windif. See details in comments
2008-10-31 (first published: 2008-09-05)
1,149 reads
Blogs
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RegEx Functions IV
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers