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Returning a Comma Delimited string

One of the small quirks of SQL is that it can add each row to a variable.In the most common case, this is used to generate a comma delimited list.The script shows how to do this wiht a scalar function, so that multiple rows are returned.The script shows calculating the column sum the hard way […]

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2007-03-26 (first published: )

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Generate Stored Procedure/Functions Script with SP

It will help to generate DBscript of Stored Procedure/User defined Functions in SQL server without selecting those thru Enterprise manager.Pass the name of Stored procedures/Functions as parameters to the sp_Generate_Script, it generates the scripts and displayed on screen. Choose text format for result display.

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2007-03-23 (first published: )

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Match Date Only

Here is a simple function to compare datepart of datetime fields , (no need to say ignores hour t,min,sec ... ) isDateMatch(@date1,@date2 ) retruns 1 if the datepart matches else returns 0regardsjohn

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2007-03-21 (first published: )

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Easily Kill All Users In A Database

This simple script (ran from the master database) in Query Analyser removes all the requirements of collating currently connected spids to a database and the need to systematically open a cursor to kill each spid individually by simply placing the database offline, then immediately online.

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2007-03-16 (first published: )

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Proper Case A String Or Name

SQL 2005 user defined function to convert a string to proper case (title case).Flexible handling of delimiters and apostrophes to cater for words like "hasn't" and also names like "O'Reilly" and "d'Angelo".Mac and Mc surnames are handled generically, with some rules and exceptions which may need to be extended.  Since McIntyre and Mcintyre are both […]

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2007-03-14 (first published: )

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AUDIT WITH A TWIST

First the SP_TABLECOMPARE was used from the site and all credit must go to the author (greate script). This script is for the creation of an audit trial. It is generic and can be used on any sql database. It deals with legasy naming conventions as well. The script creates the audit tables and triggers. […]

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2007-03-13 (first published: )

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Script SQL Database DDL

This tool scripts out SQL Server 2000/2005 database objects to individual files in a manner which mimics Microsoft's Visual Studio for Database Professionals [aka, "Data Dude"]. These files can then be placed under proper source management control. An entire database is scripted in one call.Alternatively, it provides a way to simply document the contents of […]

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2007-03-12 (first published: )

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BIT_COUNT() IV

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