Introduction:SQL Server 7.0 introduced a new class of functions that return a wide range of property information that isn't readily available in SQL Server 6.5 and earlier versions. These functions have three general classes: TypeProperty, which returns information about a data type; ObjectProperty, which returns information about objects in the current database; and ColumnProperty, which […]
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This script will provide the first four values required for estimating the size of a database table. It will satisfy steps one and two in MS estimation process for the amount of space required to store the data in a MS SQL Server v7.0 or v2000 table:1 Specify the number of rows present in the […]
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Copy and paste this script into Query Analyzer and run it.Use this script to generate a simple security string of 0's and 1's.
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Lists objects from database. Similar to 'dir' command from DOS 🙂Typical usage sp_dir 't' 'order*', 1 - returns list of all tables whose name start with 'order' plus their columns and data typessp_dir 'p' 'custom*_sp' - returns list of all stored procedures whose name start with 'custom' and end up with '_sp'For list of […]
2002-07-19
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a Basic Example of how to use TEXTPTR and updatetext in T-SQL to MANIPULATE text columns
2002-07-18
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a Basic example of how to manipulate an IDENTITY COLUMN AN HOW TO STOP the automatic counting using SET IDETNTITY_INSERT
2002-07-18
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procedure is an extended xp called xp_getNetName to get the computer network identifcation name
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a Procedure to get the SQL sid for a Login either SQL standard or WINDOWS authenticated
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there are 2 extended STORED PROCEDURES xp_dirtree will get the directory name and nesting level from a given parameter root directory xp_subdirs will get the directories list in the first sub level from a given parameter root directory
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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