Convert IP address to numeric equivalent

This script converts string-based IP addresses to their numeric equivalents so that it is easy to do arithmatic on them such as find an IP address that is within a range.NOTE: This function calls the split function which is included in the post.

sp_toptables

Are you managing big databases with a lot of tables like SAP as I'm?Do you use sp_spaceused, as I'm?Do you want to know your n biggest tables as I'm?Then don't search any longer.I'm using this script every day for may maintenance jobs.I generates, like sp_spaceused, out of sysindexes the n biggest tables without any cursor, […]

XML Encode UDF

I routinely need to retrieve and package query result sets in an XML package.  The built in functions supported by SQL Server 2000 are effective, but are often more of a pain than a help.  This routine can be used in a simple select statement to XML encode the contents of a column during the […]

get the column list

This script will get the columnlist for a table parameter

Recursive Factorial Function ( n ! )

Calculates the factorials of numbers between 1 - 31.High level is 31 because maximum stored procedure, function, trigger, or view nesting level is limited to 32.

CreateDBREINDEX

This script will generate a set of DBCC DBREINDEX commandsthat can be executed to rebuild the indexes.  Additional  information is provided to assist with sizing of the fillfactors.

REVISED Dynamic Crosstab Query

Here is a revised version of the crosstab query I submitted last week.  This new version avoids the WHILE loop (which was used in my pervious version) and is thus COMPLETELY SET-ORIENTED for better performance.

Selecting XML out

I have a table with multiple rows for Description belonging to one Heading. For each row of data I need a .The xml should look like this: A heading 234567890123456789010 234567890123456789010 234567890123456789010   ...(to ) A heading 234567890123456789010 234567890123456789010   ...(to )

UDF to get Day of the Year

Add carriage return every nth char

This script will take a string (8000) and add a carriage return at the closest space to nth char. e.g. You only want 50 characters per line. This will add carriage return at the closest space before the 50th character.