Stored procedure to search every field in the database for a string literal. Run the stored procedure in Query analyser, which will output sql statements to do the search. The output of these searches will be the update sql, which again should be pasted into a query analyser window. As the stored procedures do not […]
2004-02-10
275 reads
This script outputs the data in chronological order from the current SQL Server log.Output columns are: Log Entry Time, Event Source, Log Entry Text. This data matches with the data that can be seen under the SQL Server logs view in Enterprise Manager.The script is stand alone, but could easily be parameterised to work as […]
2004-02-10
903 reads
Generate an html-excel file with any table. Does not need Excel to generate , because does not use Excel automation.
2004-02-08
551 reads
sp_XTAB (prototype) produces pivoted (crosstab) views/output with a minimum of fuss.No messing with code, just tell XTAB what you want to pivot.Tested to 764 pivoted columns, XTAB can generate up to 63000 characters of dynamic sql. Example (deliberately over-simplified)----------------------updated 27 January 2004Use NorthwindEXEC sp_XTAB 'Northwind','xtEMPL_COUNTRY','Orders','EmployeeID','ShipCountry', '', 'OrderID','COUNT','NULL', '', 'SELECT xtEMPL_COUNTRY.* FROM xtEMPL_COUNTRY' -- Include optional […]
2004-01-24
410 reads
Function to allow for checking if an IP address is a private IP address. Will convert the IP to a bigint equivalent if within the private range, otherwise it will return null if IP is a public address.Requires function IPStringToNumber which is included in the post
2004-01-23
1,346 reads
This script can be run when you want to do batch processing on a database, such as a dynamic truncate statement for all tables in your database. This script will actually script all the Foreign Keys in your database, and then store them into a table called FOREIGN_KEY_TEMP. It will then generate, and execute, all […]
2004-01-22
293 reads
2004-01-22
417 reads
Useful for testing if file is available for manipulation prior to trying to "process" it.From forum thread http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=9&messageid=19344Thought I may as well add it to the Scripts Library.
2004-01-16
327 reads
Hi guys, I have created a script of User-Defined-Function to extract the calulated time from two given datetime inputs. But you have to pass THREE parameters like :-a)Start Datetimeb)End Datetimec)To display the format either in HH:MM:SS or HH.MM , we use 'T'(HH:MM:SS) OR 'N'(HH.MM). Please feel FREE to E-mail me at […]
2004-01-14
151 reads
this script simply returns list of all triggers and their dependant tables in current database.Ex:Select * from rk_vAlltriggers
2004-01-08
257 reads
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optional Parameter Plan Optimization in...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Experience Gap that we...
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers