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Return formatted datetime as a string

Pass a datetime value and receive back a formatted string. Much like the Format$ function in Visual Basic.I put this together to provide a date string to add to filename. Also handy when you are creating text files that require datetime data to be output in weird character formats like yyddmm or yyyymm.eg: fnDate2Char(GetDate(), 'dmy', […]

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2002-02-27

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Recompile Views/SPs from DOS from .SQL Files.

This script is very helpful for anyone trying to recreate particular SQL Server Database Versions for Testing.  It allows you to automatically recompile any stored procedures or views saved with drop, create and permission statements.  The scripts must all be sitting in one directory and end in the same extension.  I have found this very […]

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2002-02-25

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Re-create Transaction log file

This stored procedure detaches and re-attaches a database without specifying a filename for the transaction log. This causes SQL Server to create log file with default size of 512kb.After playing around with SHRINKDATABASE, SHRINKFILE, forcing the virtual log to wrap around, etc... I found this was the quickest and most reliable method of reclaiming the […]

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2002-02-25

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Auto generate sp's for any table * usp_create_sps

If you've ever been stuck having to write stored procedures to support an application, check this script out.  This script will automatically generate seperate parameter driven select, insert, delete, and update stored procedures.  Simply call these stored procedures from your application, passing parameters.  This stored procedure requires only one parameter; table name.  Creates scripts with […]

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2002-02-21

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Find a string in DB objects.

Find a string in Procedures, Triggers, Constraints, Defaults, Functions, and Views. First off this will not work for any items that have the WITH ENCRYPTION remark in them. With this is can pose a string such as 'INSERT' against all the 'P'rocedures to get a return of which Procedures have an INSERT statment in them […]

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Too Many Choices

I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:

BrandID OfficialName
1       Samsung
2       Apple
3       Microsoft
4       Adidas
5       Coca-Cola
I run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel')
FROM dbo.MasterBrands;

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