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Function to return the SQL Version Number

This function returns the SQL Build Number as an int. i.e. 7, 8, or 9. @@Version is great, but super long, and the formatting of the string has changed over the years. This helps me find out what version of SQL I'm working on in a quick and efficient manner. The script includes the drop […]

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2006-08-08 (first published: )

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Bulk Insert WMIC output to table w/ xp_cmdshell

This is an example of retrieving WMIC results using the xp_cmdshell proc, and inserting the results into a table.Specifically, this script retrieves disk info from the LogicalDisk class, but WMIC provides thousands of other properties. WMIC does require it be ran from a Windows 2003 server, but can query other Windows 2000 servers when executed […]

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2006-08-04 (first published: )

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UDF to return Years, Months & Days between 2 dates

There are two UDF's included here.The first one will return the number of Years, Months and Days between a Start and End date.The second one will return either Years, Months or Days which makes it much easier to include in a select.If you know of or find a better/faster way to do this, then please […]

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2006-08-01 (first published: )

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Handle Divide by Zero in SQL Reporting Services

Out of the box, Reporting services does not handle divide by zero conditions gracefully. There are plenty of posting on how to use the IIF() function to accomplish this, with some rather horrific looking code. In order to simplify the coding process and make the resulting expressions readable by a mere mortal, I wrote the […]

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2006-07-28 (first published: )

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Alphanumeric and Special Character Validation- New

Alphanumeric and Special Character Validation=========================================/*Function name: fn_ValidateStringDescription : This function is used to validate whether the given string contains Alphanumeric character and some special character’s ‘@’ ,’(‘, ‘ )’, ‘_’, ‘-‘Parameters: 1) @InputString varchar(25) Accepts the string, which we need to validate 2) @Type int = 0 validate the string for only alphanumeric characters i.e […]

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2006-07-26 (first published: )

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usp_get_all_stats_date

This script gathers stats_date and index information for all of the current database. Please feel free to modify it as it is made up of components that are available on this site here- http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/contributions/97.aspand a BOL entry for stats_date.I needed this information and thought I would share it.

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2006-07-17 (first published: )

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Metadata Reportserver

This stored procedure gives you metadata information from the reportserver database about published reports, datasources, directories,authorized users/groups,(shared)schedules and subscriptions.I integrated this stored procedure in a report in our MS report services environment for auditing purposes

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2006-07-14 (first published: )

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