Copy one procedure from one database to another
The procedure copies one stored procedure from one database to another one
2002-11-12
728 reads
Scripts
INSTR Function
INSTR searches string for substring. --> position is an integer indicating the character of string where SQL Server begins the search. -->If position is negative, SQL Server counts and searches backward from the end of string. occurrence is an integer indicating which occurrence of string SQL Server should search for. The value of occurrence must […]
2002-11-12
1,365 reads
sp_kill
This stored proc has helped me a lot when I needed to restore db, reconfigure replication, and do other database jobs. SQL server KILL command can only act on a single spid. This sp compiles KILL commands in a cursor to kill a group of spids based on database name, login name, host machine name […]
2002-11-11
6,145 reads
Converting Binary data to a Hex Character String
Occassionally you might want to convert a binary number into some printable string. This would allow you display some meaning fully numbers hex characters, instead of just some unreadable garbage. This script takes a binary field, of basically any length, and converts it, character by character, to a character string. The character string will contain […]
2002-11-07
474 reads
Extract Images from SQL Database
This is a VBS script that will extract images from a Microsoft SQL database and create a individual file for each image. The script utilizes two important utilities: isqlw and textcopy (both standard executables that come with Microsoft SQL Server).
2002-11-07
1,734 reads
2002-11-05
598 reads
Columns that are primary keys in a database
Below is a SQL Server 2000 query to return all columns that are primary keys to tables in a database
2002-11-01
234 reads
Drop Statistics
This procedure was created to automate the dropping of statistics on a user specified table. Very simple code, but handy if the need is there.Replace 'tablename' throughout script with the name of the table intended to temporarily house the statistics name(s).
2002-11-01
1,071 reads
Execute DTS package using OA procedures
This script will execute a DTS package using the sp_OA stored procedures. It accepts six parameters which specify the server name, security mode flag, userid, password, package name and optional package password.Eg:For SQL SecurityEXEC usp_ExecDTSPackage @vcrSrvr='Server', @bitIntSec=0, @vcrUID='UserID', @vcrPWD='Password', @vcrPkgName='Package Name', @vcrPkgPWD='Package Password'For Windows SecurityEXEC usp_ExecDTSPackage @vcrSrvr='Server', @bitIntSec=1, @vcrPkgName='Package Name', @vcrPkgPWD='Package Password'It uses a function […]
2002-10-31
364 reads
Find and Replace VBScript within DTS Package
This script will find and replace specified text within all ActiveXScript tasks with a certain text string in the description. It was designed on SQL 2000, but I think it will run on SQL 7 as it doesn't reference any SQL 2000 specific properties. It opens a package object and then loops through the steps […]
2002-10-31
654 reads
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Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers