2016-05-17 (first published: 2014-08-25)
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Create a Comma Delimited CSV File from Any Table/View with Debugging
Dynamically build a comma delimited CSV file using the BCP utility from any table or view in your database with a useful code debugging parameter.
2015-05-04 (first published: 2013-08-12)
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Kill User Processes Per Database or Server Wide
Kill any user processes per database or for the entire server instance.
2013-09-05 (first published: 2013-08-21)
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Dynamically Drop a User From Your SQL Instance
Dynamically drop a user from each database on an SQL instance by their server login SID, then remove there server login as well. Plus some helpful printable information when ran.
2013-08-09 (first published: 2013-07-16)
886 reads
2013-07-30 (first published: 2013-06-12)
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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