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Convert Unique Identifier to Varchar data type

Script will drop the Default, Primary, Unique, Foreign Constraints, Index and ROWGUID on Unique Identifier data type column and finally it alters the unique identifier to varchar (38) data type. I have compile and execute the script in my database server. Script has executed successfully.

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2005-01-12 (first published: )

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Get the Value of a BitMask

This function will take a 64 bitmask string and return the value of bitmask. If you need 128, 256, etc simply change the length of the parameter, being careful to remember you may need to change the return type of int to BigInt if you get too long.

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2005-01-04 (first published: )

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Generating sequential numbers - the fast way

It is often necessary to generate a table with sequential numbers, up to a specified upper limit N. For small N, a simple INSERT in a WHILE loop will do. But, for large N, that solution becomes too slow. This script presents a different approach. It generates sequential numbers from the binary representation of N, […]

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2004-12-30 (first published: )

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