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Pad String

Pads a string on either with either leading or trailing characters. You specify the direction, the tolal string length and the character to pad with.Error conditions return null

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2005-08-19 (first published: )

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Script to Generate DataDictionary for Database

This Procedure is used to generate the datadistionary for a database.It gives following columns : table_id, table_name,column_order,column_name, column_description Usage: Create the Procedure in the database where the datadisctionary need to be generated.Call : Execute Generate_getDataDictionary Return the result in Tabular format.

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2005-08-12 (first published: )

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Procedure to Search any sql Object

So many times I do not remember the name of table or stored procedure I have created, and it becomes time consuming to search object by firing query on sysobjects or search using Enterprise Manager.It is a simple Stored Prodeure where the Parameter is the Hint of the Object name and Object Type.It will fetch […]

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2005-08-11 (first published: )

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Finding All Index Info for Small Databases

This is a simple script which would list sp_helpindex information for all the tables in the database. You dont have to provide any table name or anything. Just run it on the database from which you want to retrieve the information.This is helpful when you have several servers running the same form of DB, and […]

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2005-08-10 (first published: )

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Index Information with column name in whole databs

Through this script we can fetch on regular index information with whole database. Here i am use temporary tebale concept show no procedure so its run quickly and also fetch information from production database in uptime. No sytem generate index information not send me.

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2005-08-09 (first published: )

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Remove decimal places without rounding

There was a script here not too long ago which showed how to 'truncate' a number to two decimal places without rounding. This used a lot of casts to varchars and back.The solution worked, but I knew there had to be a way of doing exactly this without having to go back and forth between […]

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2005-08-08 (first published: )

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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters

When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?

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