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spilt function

Many a times we need to split a string into its indivisual words and return a array like the Split function of Visal Basic which accepts a delimeter. Here is a script which assumes the delimeter to be the space character and works in a similar method.

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2004-09-24 (first published: )

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Defragment all table indecies

To help maintain index quality, defragging of any given index is a good thing. This will defrag ALL indecies in the current DB. NOTE: Schedule for off-hours operations. For a massive re-write of indecies, change the remarking on "--IF @indid" lines to use reindex instead of just defragging.

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2004-09-21

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BIT_COUNT() IV

In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:

select bit_count('A')
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