Ccreate xls file based on the query passed
procedure will create xls spreassheet file based on the query passed and put it into the designated folder
2005-06-21 (first published: 2005-05-24)
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Move a table between filegroups
Sorry fellas but Red-gate bought the site and now claims all copy-rights for its content, so I deleted this script. You can find it in other sites throughout the internet, such as http://education.sqlfarms.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=20
2005-06-16
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Return WeekNo (ISO 8601 standard)
In MS SQL, January 1 of any year defines the starting number for the week. The DATEPART(wk, 'Jan 1, xxxx') always return 1. However, a lot of reports Week No is actually based on ISO 8601 standard, that is January 1 of any year can be Week 53/52 or Week 1. (http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/weekinfo.htm#IDC)The Rule is as […]
2005-06-14 (first published: 2005-05-27)
318 reads
Display Table and Index Space Allocation
This script adds to others posted on this site by formatting and displaying text information about table and index space allocation.
2005-06-13
445 reads
IsDateAHoliday UDF
This is a User Defined Function that returns a 1 if date is a holiday else, it returns a 0.The holidays are:New years Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independance Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
2005-06-13 (first published: 2005-05-27)
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Another Data Paging
Makes a paged query with the sql parameters to build itand page parameters to filter.Add "No","CurrentPage","TotalPages" coumns to the queryto manage paging at user interface.The query Lose the identity column orderIt works fine for me!
2005-06-12
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Avoid Divide by Zero Errors
A simple User Function which will guarantee always to return a value from a division without any errorsExample : GPDivNErr(@Val1 float, @Val2 float)
2005-06-10 (first published: 2005-05-29)
478 reads
ufn_vbintohexstr
A function to convert varbinary to hex string. Have you every tried to deal with varbinary via T-SQL? Passwords and SIDs are of this datatype. In Query Analyzer this datatype displays as hex string but under the hood it is binary. Try concatenating a varbinary to a string in a print statement and you get […]
2005-06-09 (first published: 2005-03-30)
263 reads
Restore Database from MDF file without LDF
Hai raino,I saw ur query posted in SQLServerCentral.It was very useful.But if try to run the querydbcc traceon(3604)dbcc rebuild_log ('Training','Training_Log')Its showing the error=================Error================DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.Server: Msg 5105, Level 16, State 2, Line 2Device activation error. The physical file name 'Training_LOG' may be incorrect.DBCC execution completed. If […]
2005-06-08 (first published: 2005-05-19)
366 reads
build_restore_script
This script originally created by Greg Larsen has been modified by me. This procedure is used to create the restore commands needed to restore a database using the lates full and any transaction or differential backups. The parameter @dbname was added to just create the restore statements for a particular database. Leaving off this parameter […]
2005-06-07 (first published: 2005-05-19)
1,242 reads
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Adding new column with DEFAULT
Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers