Sound like old hat ... but this procedure accepts the two database names as input parameters; therefore, it must dynamically generate the SQL and use Exec(@command) to execute it. It also reports on tables that exist in one database but not the other ... Finally, it uses count(*) to provide more accuracy than using sysindex […]
2003-10-24
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This function lists the column name and column id for primary key columns for a given table.
2003-10-24
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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.
2003-10-20
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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, […]
2003-10-20
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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 […]
2003-10-14
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2003-10-10
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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.
2003-10-08
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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.
2003-10-03
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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.
2003-10-03
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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 )
2003-10-03
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I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
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