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Generating random numbers in a range, sql2k

This script will generated random numbers within a choosen Upper and LowerBound. I'v created a random number (int's) generator since i couldnt find a script which exactly did what I was searching for. The RAND function seems to do repetive patterns, so i created a new function based on the NEWID function.After running the two […]

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2004-10-08 (first published: )

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Delete All

Here is a simpler version of the Delete All Script that was posted on 2004-10-07.Be careful it does what it is supposed to do delete all tables from the current database

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2004-10-07

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Dynamic Data Paging

I've search high and low on the Internet for good examples of Paging Data in an application. However, none of the Examples were clean enough, or worked for all situations. For example, there are no examples of Data Paging for Tables with Composite Keys.This Script is able to page Data on any Table, using any […]

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2004-10-07

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Stored Procedure to get Job History (with Steps)

This procedure returns the job history for any jobs run on a given day. The parameter should be entered in mm/dd/yyyy format surrounded by single quotes. I use it to produce a report of any jobs that failed on any given day.It should be created on the MSDB database.Example: EXEC usp_job_history '10/02/2004' This is my […]

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2004-10-04

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Adding new column with DEFAULT II

Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp
CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL)

INSERT INTO #tmp (id) 
SELECT gs.value
  FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs

ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1

SELECT COUNT(*)  FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1

ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value

ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value

SELECT COUNT(*)  FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1

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