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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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User defined function to parse delimited strings

This UDF parses a comma delimited string and returns a table with the parse strings as rows. Usage:  select * from fn+PareseString('12,13,14,67')Will return a table with the following rows12131467Can be modified to have an additional parameter for the type of delimiter.

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2002-05-07

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Cursorless Cursor

Here is as sample of implementing cursor.In some cases my tests showed that this approach performs better than native cursors in SQL Server.All you have to do is move the dataset into a temp table with a new Identity column and then use a simple loop to extract the data as you would do normally […]

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2002-05-06

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Negative and Positive Numbers

If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?

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