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Generate all database foreign keys

This script will create another script that has all foreign key DDL that exists in a given database.   You only have to run this, and then select the results of this script and paste it into another query window, or if for some reason you have lost your DDL this will enable you to retrieve […]

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2003-11-12

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Convert Numeric Figures into Words

Hi guys    What about a function that converts a number figure into words.This sample script is to demonstrate the procedural capabilities of SQL Server . Samples  select fig2words(10) will give --Ten-- ,select fig2words(103) will give --one hundred and three --    The author uses much under utilized capability of SQL Server the recursive function calls to […]

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2003-11-11

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Strip Non-numeric characters from string function

Sometimes it's necessary to strip non-numeric characters from the string, so you can convert to integer without error. Often it happens when you want to use stored procedure, especially system procedures. The output there can be already with some characters (MB, KB and such), but you want this result to be used for your own […]

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2003-11-10

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Database File(s) Growth Notification

This stored proc notify the user(s) if the data/log file grew. When you execute it for the first time it will get the data/log files sizes and inserts in a table. Next time when you run the script if will compare the current size with the previous files size. This script must need sqlmail configured […]

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2003-11-07

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ClearData

We can use this sp to clear data in tables.  I mainly created this sp for two reason. 1.This is useful to commence the testing from scratch.  2.Whenever we ask the database backup from our customer.  They hesitant to give the production database because of confidential.  I have used Delete and Truncate statement to clear […]

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2003-11-06

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Execute VBScript commands or .vbs files via T-SQL.

sp_ExecVBScript allows you to execute either a .vbs file or an ad-hoc VBScript command within a T-SQL batch.  Note that the command (whether it be ad-hoc or contained in the .vbs file) cannot have any code that requires user input (such as Input Boxes or Message Boxes).

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2003-11-05

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RegEx Functions IV

I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:

EmailAddressID EmailAddress
7              dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM
8              Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM
If I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10
 *
 FROM person.EmailAddress
 WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i')
 AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)

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