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Function to Split a Delimited String into a Table

This function splits a delimited string (up to 4000 characters long) into a single column table. The delimiter can be specified at the time of execution. If not specified, the delimiter defaults to a comma. The default length of each value is 100, but that can easily be changed.An example for usage:DECLARE @string NVARCHAR(4000)DECLARE @instruments […]

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2007-05-25 (first published: )

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Get record count for every table in a database

I wrote this code to make it easier to compare record counts between a live database and a restored copy to test my backups, I thought people might find it useful. You need to run it against your live side when you do the backup that you're going to restore and compare against.Copy the output […]

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2007-05-24 (first published: )

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Display results VERTICALLY in Results window

DESCRIPTION:This procedure will allow you to display results vertically (down) instead of across the screen. It's great when you are dealing with a query that has 50 columns and just a couple of records. LIMITATIONS: * It will be very slow if you are trying to return a lot of records. Works best for queries […]

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2007-05-23 (first published: )

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Dynamic and Unique field Select creator

DESCRIPTION:This procedure produces a SELECT statement which explicitly lists all fields for 'tablename' with fieldname and alias as the column name. The SELECT it produces is ready to run or if you need to join several tables just copy the column names off the SELECT it generates. I use this a lot when I create […]

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2007-05-22 (first published: )

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Monitor Database Growth

This code provides a way of monitoring the growth of all your databases within a single instance. The first part is the creation of a monitoring table with the initial load of current databases and sizes. The second part is the SQL that can be put in a scheduled job to automate the growth monitoring.It […]

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2007-05-16 (first published: )

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Representing Money

Which types of currency does the money data type represent?

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