The script will do the following:- build a ten digit phone number regardless of input column size.- Ignores extensions- Ignores leading 1, as in 1(800)...- Ignores most special characters or spaces- converts literals to digitsIt can be easily convert to a UDFEnjoy.C. Z. Ovits
2002-10-28
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2002-10-28
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Using the sp_help to get a table structure is very cumbersome. First, in order to print it you have to use"Results in Text" not "Results in Grid". Second, the results are very wide screen-wise and very hard to read or print. Third, you do not get the size or number rows with the same request.This […]
2002-10-28
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This script will list the spaceused by all tables in a database. You can order the output by changing one of the parameters.It also provides totals
2002-10-27
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Recently I saw here a script that returns the number of days of the month however I made my own script and I think that it's better elaborated. It's true that this is my opinion, but here it's. Evaluate it yourself.print dbo.f_days_in_month('2000-02-21')
2002-10-26
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This stored procedure extract the error code and description form the DTS package log tables in the msdb database.You just pass it the package name, step name and the time that the step started ( because you could end up with many entries in the log ) and it will return the Error Code and […]
2002-10-25
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When creating indexes on tables, it is always best to choose columns that have a high degree of selectivity, or uniqueness. This SP, ShowUniqueness, gives the user an easy way to determine the "uniqueness" percentage of a given column or combination of columns.
2002-10-23
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This script returns the latest package log for the DTS package specified in the @package_name variable. The interface for viewing DTS package logs through Enterprise Manager is limited in the fact that it doesn't provide textual descriptions of the values for the Step Execute Status and Step Execute Results. This makes it difficult to trace […]
2002-10-22
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We frequently have to work out a date based on a number of working days before or after a specified date, excluding Saturdays and Sundays.Attached is the script to create the function. I call another function called fn_Midnight which was designed to help whe programmers get a date with no time portion without having to […]
2002-10-22
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Do you run jobs that call BAT files where you wish you could include a formatted date stamp in the output name of an OSQL file? Well, you can using the DOS 'FOR' command. I named a variable FILEDATE and use it as: path\Filename_%FILEDATE%.txt (Note: A BAT file requires double %% in the 'FOR' command […]
2002-10-21
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No Scooby-Doo story is complete without footprints leading to a hidden passage. In SQL...
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A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
By Steve Jones
I saw an article recently about implicit transactions and coincidentally, I had a friend...
We’re running SQL Server 2019 with database compatibility level 150, and after recent tuning...
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I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers