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Height Format Function

This function takes a decimal representation of a height value and returns a properly formatted string value.                     For example, a height of 5 feet 9 inches, which would be passed in as the decimal 5.90, would be returned as 5'9".                     Similarly, a height of 4 […]

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2003-06-18

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SPLIT function

This is a port of the SPLIT function from Perl (or VBScript). It works the same way: pass a string anda separator, up to 4 characters long (you can change this),and the function returns a table with the elements.This version trims leading and trailling spaces of the elements, just for convenience.Example:SELECT    strvalFROM    master.dbo.SPLIT('a and b', […]

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2003-06-13

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Search all objects in all DBs for code fragments

This procedure allows you to search through all objects in all databases on your server for words/phrases in your object code.  Very handy for cases in which, for example, a column name on a table has been changed and you need to search your entire server for any sprocs/views/etc. that might reference it.Syntax: [EXEC] sp_FindCodeStr […]

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2003-06-10

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detect different datatypes

-  a simple and handy script that finds what differences might exists between the fields in your database that have the same name.I was wondering why my execution plans where different  for tables with the same  field names and the same indexes,statistics etc... because the syetem was converting my fields in the WHERE statement. -  […]

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2003-06-08

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Full, diff and tlog backups based on recovery mode

    This a script which creates stored procedures that can be executed adhoc or set as sql agent jobs to check the recovery status and generate full, differential or transaction log backupf for each database if the database recovery status is set to full.  We have terabytes of data and set all production databases […]

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2003-06-06

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