Cade Bryant


Technical Article

Modified sp_who - more info & extra parameter

This procedure, sp_who3, is based on the system-supplied sp_who2, but is modified to return the actual text of the commands executed by each spid.  Very helpful for troubleshooting!  In addition, I have added a @hostname parameter to allow the user the option of viewing activity originating from only one computer, if desired.

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2004-05-06

640 reads

Technical Article

Parsing an IP address into its separate octets

IP addresses are represented as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where xxx is an integer between 0 and 255.  Each three-digit integer is called an octet, and all IP addresses comprise four octets.Help-desk applications and administrative tools often store the IP addresses for a company's PCs in a database.  An IP address can be represented either as a single […]

2.5 (2)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2004-02-25

2,049 reads

Technical Article

Execute VBScript commands or .vbs files via T-SQL.

sp_ExecVBScript allows you to execute either a .vbs file or an ad-hoc VBScript command within a T-SQL batch.  Note that the command (whether it be ad-hoc or contained in the .vbs file) cannot have any code that requires user input (such as Input Boxes or Message Boxes).

5 (2)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2003-11-05

7,568 reads

Technical Article

Creating a Dynamic Crosstab Query

Crosstab queries (also called "pivot tables") in which you know beforehand the number of column values to aggregate by, can easily be performed in T-SQL using CASE statements wrapped in the SUM function.  Where things get tricky, however, is when you don't know how many aggregation values exist, and you are required to write a […]

5 (2)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2003-09-26

3,563 reads

Technical Article

A faster way to count rows in a table

SQL Server includes the COUNT function for counting a table's rows - however, it can be slow.  Although querying the "rows" column from the sysindexes table is faster, it is not always accurate (e.g., if a bulk load process has recently taken place).  In addition, you would not be able to use this method in […]

1.33 (3)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2003-09-11

401 reads

Technical Article

A more efficient ForEach routine

SQL 2000's sp_MSForEachDB and sp_MSForEachTable are useful procedures for performing operations against multiple objects; however, they aren't always extremely efficient, because internally they use cursors to do their work.These 2 sprocs, sp_ForEachDB and sp_ForEachTable, perform many of the same tasks as their Microsoft-shipped twins, but run faster because they dynamically build the SQL string without […]

5 (1)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2003-08-19

2,259 reads

Technical Article

An alternative to self-joins

Oftentimes there is a need to retrieve different types of the same object (e.g. contacts).  For example, in a Contacts database, you might have a Contact table containing many different types of contacts (employees, customers, suppliers, etc).  Typically, a user might need to see a report of all different types of contacts for an order […]

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2003-07-18

713 reads

Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup

By

This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...

Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access

By

Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...

Off to Live 360

By

I am off to Live 360 today, on my last trip of the year....

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?

By stan

i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...

normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB

By Senad

Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...

Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code

By Mike McQuillan

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

A Strange Result

What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?

select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';

See possible answers