2005-09-22
2,498 reads
2005-09-22
2,498 reads
SUMMARY:This UDF script takes a text value(nvarchar) and returns a decimal(18,6) number. If the text value can't be interpreted as numeric, the UDF returns NULL.-----------------------------------------------USAGE: SET @MyDecimal = dbo.TextToDecimal('-$123,456.73')@MyDecimal will now be -123456.730000SET @MyDecimal = dbo.TextToDecimal('-$123,4560.73') --bad number format@MyDecimal will now be NULL------------------------------------------------------DESCRIPTION:The ISNUMERIC function incorrectly returns 1 (True) for many non-numeric text values. Even […]
2005-11-02 (first published: 2005-09-20)
200 reads
This scripts adds the users to the specified Windows NT Group.This will be helpful if we want to give the access to group of users to a sql server, which is runing with Windows Authentication. Create a NT group and give the access on SQL and run this script it adds the user into the […]
2005-10-10 (first published: 2005-09-15)
493 reads
2005-09-12
2,219 reads
2005-09-05
2,207 reads
2005-08-31
2,315 reads
2005-08-25
2,733 reads
This scripts creates a view which will returns all the indexes and columns covered in the index for all the tables in a database.It returns only the user created indexes. Removes the statistics created on table (where indid > 0).
2005-08-24 (first published: 2005-08-23)
206 reads
2005-08-22
2,650 reads
Pulls relevant information including col. names, keys, and the description (if the description field is filled out).This makes a good source for a data dictionary report.
2005-08-17 (first published: 2005-08-12)
487 reads
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