Read a text file from SQL Server query analyzer
Here's a script that will read a text file from the Windows system into SQL Server
2002-07-11
1,137 reads
Scripts
Finding the Nth Maximal Value
This procedure gets a tablename, column and an integer number N as parameters and finds the Nth maximum value of the column's value in a table for example : running it with 'products', 'UnitPrice' , 13 , @reswill get the 13TH largest value of unitprice from products is no such N exist an error message […]
2002-07-10
268 reads
Get SQL Server default collation
PROCEDURE used to find the server's default collation not shown in EM in servers properties
2002-07-10
1,142 reads
Locking Information - Simple SQL
Here's a simple SQL to give you locking information.The SQL tells you what resource type you are using, the object name, lock request mode, lock status, and also the calling program's name.And all this from a simple query on sysprocesses, and syslockinfo!
2002-07-10
695 reads
More Friendly version of sp_lock system sp.
This SQL Server stored procedure generates more readable output from the system sp_lock procedureinstead of getting object ids and session ids it returns the object name and user name
2002-07-10
1,063 reads
Procedure to export/import data using BCP
this procedure is an interface to bcp it gets database name,table name , file and path,,mode E/I for export/import and seperator character user and password and exports/imports text files from / to SQLSERVER
2002-07-10
1,455 reads
Summary of how to manage FULL TEXT indexing in TSQ
this script describes the steps neccessary to implement full text indexing in TSQL on your SQL SERVER systemCan be used programatically in tsql code
2002-07-10
744 reads
Find Duplicated rows
This is a very simple and small stored procedure which will help you identify repeated rows on any given table. This is specially useful for situations when you want to clean up a table and add a primary key on it, but you cannot until all duplication is eliminated. Only two parameter are necessary; table […]
2002-07-08
1,097 reads
Delete Duplicates
Deletes the duplicates from a table based upon any fields in the table leaving a single copy of the record in the table.
2002-07-04
945 reads
Dynamically Alter all your Tables.....
This script allows you to dynamically alter all the tables in your database. In the script i am building up an alter statement that adds a 'TimeStamp' column a table.If anyone knows a better way to do this kind of thing, feel free to drop me a mail (jamie.moffat@infographics.co.uk)
2002-07-04
780 reads
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Checking the Error Log II
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