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Check in New DDL to SourceSafe

Rather than invent (or learn) a whole new set of tools to preserve and version all DDL underneath our databases, we decided to use SourceSafe (something we're already using for all other source code). -- We've developed this VBscript to run nightly; it recreates object-level DDL in a given database and compares each object's script […]

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2002-05-09

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Multiple Replace

Like the replace function, but can replace more than 1 value at a time.e.g. select dbo.multiple_replace('hello', 'e', '1', default) gives 'h1llo'.  Equivalent to: select replace('hello', 'e', '1')e.g. select dbo.multiple_replace('hello world', 'e;w;ld', '1;2;END', default) gives 'h1llo 2orEND'e.g. select dbo.multiple_replace('hello world', 'e$w$ld', '1$2$END', '$') gives 'h1llo 2orEND'

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2002-05-09

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Scalar Function to Determine Age at a Given Date

This function was written to supplant cumbersome age-at calculations.  To execute, simply set a local INT variable equal to the output of the function.  For example, the following, given my birthdate, computes my own age:    DECLARE @age_at INT    SET @age_at = dbo.f_age_at ('2/16/1954', GETDATE ())

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2002-05-09

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UDF to convert Seconds to DDD:MM:MM:SS Format

This function takes a number of Seconds in BIGINT format and calculations and displays that in a DDD:HH:MM:SS format.I wrote this because I needed to work out the duration between two datetimes and required the result to be displayed in a Report (VARCHAR (12)) format from a Select statementTo Use:SELECT dbo.csp_SecondsToDaysHoursMinutesSeconds(DATEDIFF(SS, , ))  AS DurationFROM […]

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2002-05-09

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Update existing user accounts default language.

When changing the default language of a server it is neccessary to run sp_defaultlangauge against any existing logins. The reason is default language only effects any new accounts created after this change is made. This script is designed to help you quickly make the adjustment for all existing accounts. Note: this has been tested under […]

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2002-05-09

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