2002-12-05
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Scripts
zPad() - add leading zeros to a number
This user-defined function converts a number to character format and adds leading zeroes to pad the field to a specified length. useful for displaying SSNs or other numeric fields where the leading 0's are significant but the field is stored as numeric.To use:select dbo.zPad(, )make sure your length includes an extra column for the sign. […]
2002-12-05
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Convert a number to words
This is a handy function that converts a number (integer) into its word format. This might be handy if you need to print a check formatted number in words. Currently it supports an integer but it would be almost nothing to convert to support a bigint or decimal.The components are1) a table named PlaceValue that […]
2002-12-04
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Create an OLAP Main DateTime table
The Microsoft FoodMart example uses a table of pre-calculated dates and times to join to a main Fact table.Here is a quick script to create such a table with dates from Jan1 2002 to end of December 2019.HTH - BillyWilly
2002-12-04
686 reads
Find SA password with public role-perm test DBA
Find SA Password (Brute Force) with Public RoleFindSApublic is a brute-force password cracker that requires only public role.Possibilities returns how many different passwords are possible with 1 up to c characters from a universe of n different characters.Usage:FindSApublic nN is an integer which is the maximum length of the password to attempt cracking.Acknowledgmentsoriginal idea: David […]
2002-12-04
967 reads
PACK() user defined function
Convert a decimal number to IBM EBCDIC packed decimal format. If for some reason you need to export a number to IBM systems in native format, you can define a SQL Server field as binary(8) and Pack() your decimal number into it. Then IBM mainframes and COBOL/CICS systems can read the numbers from your data […]
2002-12-04
551 reads
Script to determine backup finish times
SQL Server provides the RESTORE HEADERONLY command which helps users determine backup completion times. What if you have the need to use this completion time for comparison, perhaps to set up a job that only restores the file if it is xx hours old. This script can be used to determine the maximum backup finish […]
2002-12-04
417 reads
Text to Speech + Convert Numbers to Words in 4 languages
These are functions and stored procedures to convert numbers to words, in three languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish. There is also a function to convert text to speech.
2002-12-04
168 reads
Dependencies on a specific table column
SQL Server provides a built-in stored procedure, sp_depends, that returns object dependencies. Recently, I discovered a need for determining dependencies on a table column, not just the table itself. For example, a table may be referenced by many stored procedures and views, but a specific column in that table may only be referenced in a […]
2002-12-03
3,449 reads
Setting permissions (fix for no dbo users)
fix script from tcartwright@thesystemshop.com (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/scriptdetails.asp?scriptid=600) for no dbo users
2002-12-02
158 reads
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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