2016-04-28 (first published: 2016-04-07)
538 reads
Scripts
Calculate Age (in years)
An inline table valued function (iTVF) that can be used to calculate age in years.
2016-04-27 (first published: 2016-04-06)
1,115 reads
Format Date Time Function
Function do return common datatime formats of a date.
select dbo.[KDT_FN_FORMATDATETIME]('LASTDAY DDDD',getdate())
2016-04-26 (first published: 2016-03-29)
1,684 reads
Determine Easter Sunday
Determine what day easter sunday will be based upon the year you pass the function
2016-04-25 (first published: 2016-03-30)
498 reads
Open Transaction Alarm to Log to the Event log
If you have job that opens a transaction and hangs too long causing a Prod issue this will be a big help to let you know.
2016-04-22 (first published: 2016-03-30)
735 reads
Version independent spGetBackupDateFromFile
This is an version independent stored procedure to get the backup date from a backup file.
It's tested for SQL 2005, 2008(R2), 2012 and 2014.
Consider it a template to which you can add more output parameters from the headerinfo to meet your requirements.
2016-04-21 (first published: 2016-03-31)
394 reads
Database File Move Etc
A stored procedure to generate database file moves along with Robocopy script and the attach / detach scripts
2016-04-20 (first published: 2016-04-04)
684 reads
GetNumsAB
A brand new, high-performing, "GetNumbers" or "fnTallyTable" function that can be used for defeating RBAR.
2016-04-19 (first published: 2016-03-23)
1,470 reads
Datetime Formats
This stored procedure will show all possible datetime formats when used with the style argument in the CONVERT() function. It also shows sample output from the date part arguments.
2016-04-13 (first published: 2014-10-10)
2,532 reads
2016-04-12 (first published: 2014-03-12)
2,417 reads
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RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers