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HexToINT

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An optimized function for converting a HEX string into a INT. Built for being faster then other HexToDec converters.Slightly slower then HexToSMALLINT.If there is any faster function to do this conversion, I am intrested of using it instead.

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2005-05-04 (first published: )

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Optimized HexToSMALLINT

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An optimized function for converting a HEX string into a SMALLINT. Built for being faster then other HexToDec converters.If there is any faster function to do this conversion, I am intrested of using it instead.

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2006-10-11 (first published: )

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usp_KillUsers2

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This script expands on the usp_KillUsers script posted by Brian Knight, by adding the text of the process that is being killed and will even kill users who are accessing the database from with in a process of another database. Does not contain the NET SEND option though.

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2005-04-22 (first published: )

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Search for text in procedures (no cursors) UPDATE

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This is an update to the Search for text in procedures (no cursors) function (excellent script), which lists all of the objects (searching in syscomments, so it excludes tables). I have added a 2nd column to the output of the object type.

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2005-04-06 (first published: )

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