Procedure 'p_find_string' allows users to specify any database on a server in searching for a specified character string. Supported for string-searching: table columns, view columns, trigger, function, and procedure code. Produces a report showing: object type, owner, object name, column id (for tables and views) or what line number (for triggers, functions, and procedures), and […]
2002-07-22
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Let's say you have 2 tables: a Contacts table and a PhoneNumbers table (which stores all the phone numbers for each contact). You are asked to write a query that returns each contact's name and a comma-delimited string of phone numbers for each contact, something like this:FirstName LastName PhoneNumbers--------- -------- --------------------------John […]
2002-07-22
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Using a Having clause I eliminate getting the EVEN rows and getting ovly the odd primary keysBy using Having (count(*) %2) = 0 I will get the even and not the odd.
2002-07-20
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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 […]
2002-07-19
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2002-07-19
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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 […]
2002-07-19
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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.
2002-07-19
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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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If I want to return information about all Database Mail profiles on my instance from T-SQL, how can I do this?
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