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Stored Procedure to read tape backup log

If you need to check that the tape back of your database backup files was successful, you would generally read the errorlog for the backup software.If you are just interested in today's results or a particular day's log it can be a pain to get.  You could have a shortcut on the desktop or you […]

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2002-02-10

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Stored Procedure to SELECT NEXT x TOP y Records

This stored procedure implements a kind of SELECT NEXT x TOP y Columns FROM Table WHERE Condition ORDER BY Order. It works on any table that has a unique id column and it works with any WHERE clause and any ORDER BY condition. The only drawback is its very poor performance on large tables. This […]

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2002-02-06

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Convert a given date to GMT

In SQL 7 you had no way to convert local time to GMT (UTC time) which was added in SQL 2K as GETUTCDATE() which will output the current date you would get with GETDATE() but a it's GMT counterpart. Although this was a great improvement I work with data on another server that's front end […]

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2002-02-05

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Date/Time formatting function

T-SQL analog for Visual Basic FORMAT function. Created for MSSQL 2000. Works regardless of language settins on server or client side! fn_format('YYYY/DD/MM HH:MI','2002-03-13 12:00') = '2002/13/03 12:00' fn_format('DD.MM.YY','2002-03-13 12:00:00') = '13.03.02' fn_format('HH:MI:SS','2002-03-13 12:00:00') = '12:00:00'

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2002-02-05

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Run a blackbox trace

There is a script for setting up a blackbox trace on SQL 2000 described by Kalen Delaney in "Inside SQL Server 2000". Since I can never remember where to look it up I wrote this simple stored procedure to run the blackbox trace when I need it. This should be used with caution as it […]

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2002-02-05

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Splitting string of values to table

This function can convert string with separated values to table. Exclusive feature: items inside quotes will not be splitted! Now you can easily perform joins on CSV strings! For expample: fn_split('1, 2, ''3, 4'', 5',',')= 1 2 3, 4 5 First parameter - string with values, second - delimiter character.

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2002-02-05

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Auditing Solution - Generate Triggers automatically

The procedure looks at the table you want to be audited and writes the INS, UPD, and DEL triggers automatically required for the auditing to work. The auditing requires a table called Progress to hold the audit information in so have provided the DDL for this as well. Typically you would write a cursor to […]

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2002-02-04

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Question of the Day

Adding new column with DEFAULT

Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test;
CREATE TABLE #test (id INT)
INSERT INTO #test (id)
SELECT *
  FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs
;

ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0;
go
UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1
UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2

INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4)

SELECT COUNT(*)
  FROM #test AS t
 WHERE flag = 0
 

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