August 24, 2010 at 1:00 am
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Object Explore
August 24, 2010 at 6:52 am
Disappointed that the example is not Binary compatible. Ended up having to clean up the example just to run it and then find that all of the Dynamic SQL suffers the same issue.
NET: Without spending a significant amount of time to clean up the code, this example won't run on a SQL database that has a Latin1_Gen_Binary sort order.
Very disappointing.
August 24, 2010 at 8:48 am
I will look into it.
August 24, 2010 at 8:50 am
Below is the Latin1_Gen_Binary comatible SQL.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_ObjectExplore]
@FullObjectName varchar(200)
,@distribution varchar(3) = 'No'
,@Columns varchar(max) = NULL
AS
-- ______________________________________________________ Object Explore _________________________________________________________
--
-- August 19th 2010, by Robin van Schaik
-- Version 1.6 BETA
--
-- USAGE
-- First run this script is the database where you want to store this procedure
-- Then you van run the stored procedure with the following statement:
--
--EXEC sp_ObjectExplore 'database.schema.tablename'
--
-- You do not need to supply databasename and schema (example: dbo) when table is in same database as this procedure.
--
-- If you want additional metrics concerning the distribution of all numeric variables, execute with parameter @distribution='yes'.
-- Example:
--EXEC sp_ObjectExplore 'database.schema.tablename'
--, @distribution='yes'
--
-- If you are only interested in a subset of columns, you can specify them in the parameter @columns
-- ColumnNames must be separated by a comma. You can specify them either with or without brackets []
-- ColumnNames may not contain commas.
-- Example
--EXEC sp_ObjectExplore 'database.schema.tablename'
--, @distribution='yes'
--, @columns='column1, column2, etc'
--
-- PURPOSE
-- Provide summary information and metrics for any column in a given Table/View
-- Metrics included are:
-- * Total number of records in Object (Records)
-- * Number of values in column (CNT)
-- * Number of unique values in column (CNTDist)
-- * Number of NULL values in column (NullValues)
-- * Min and Max value in column (Min/Max)
-- * Average value in column (Avg)
-- * Standard Deviation in column (StDev)
-- * Number of numeric values in column (IsNum)
-- * Number of integer values in column (IsInt)
-- Optional metrics (only computed if procedure is executed with parameter @distribution='yes'
-- * First Quartile/25% (Q1)
-- * Median (Median)
-- * Third Quartile/75% (Q3)
-- * Interquartile range (IQR)
-- * Skew (Skew)
-- * Kurtosis (Kurt)
--
-- VERSIONS
-- 1.0: 01-JUL-2009.
-- 1.1: 06-JUL-2009.Changed logic to determine primary key. Script did not work on columns
--with multiple indexes (duplicate rows)
-- 1.2: 06-AUG-2009.Min and Max values for date fields converted (back) to yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss(24h)
--Fixing bug for all numeric ColumnNames (added brackets [] to query)
--Prevent executing count function over certain DataTypes (like xml, text, etc).
-- 1.3: 31-OCT-2009.Fixed bug. Script did not run when table has a ColumnName with space(s).
-- 1.4: 01-NOV-2009.Prevent executing min and max function over certain DataTypes.
--Added Average, Standard Deviation and percentage of NULL values.
-- 1.5: 12-NOV-2009.Added IsNum and IsInt variables. Isnum counts the number of records which
--comply with the IsNumeric() statement (numbers including period, $, hiven, etc.)
--IsInt counts the number of records that contain numeric values (only numbers).
-- 1.6 BETA: 19-AUG-2010.
--Added Distribution variables for every numeric value. Quartiles, median, IQR, Skew and Kurtosis.
--These statistics are only computed when procedure is executed with parameter @distribution='yes'
--These stats are not computed for columns that are (or appear to be) ID's.
--Added possibility to run this only for a subset of columns, using @columns parameter.
-- *******************************************************************************************************************************
SET NOCOUNT ON
/*
STEP 1: Initialize Procedure
*/
DECLARE @Object varchar(200)
DECLARE @Schema varchar(200)
DECLARE @Database varchar(200)
-- Break down parameter in Database/Schema/Object
SET @Object = PARSENAME(@FullObjectName,1)
SET @Schema = ISNULL(PARSENAME(@FullObjectName,2),'dbo')
SET @Database = PARSENAME(@FullObjectName,3)
-- Creating temporary table to store queries used for calculating metrics
CREATE TABLE #ObjectDef
(ObjectName varchar(200)
,ColumnName varchar(128)
,ColumnID int
,Query varchar(max)
,DataType varchar(50)
,MaxLength int
,[Precision] int
,Scale int
,IsNullable tinyint
,IsPrimaryKey tinyint
,IsIdentity tinyint
,SelectedColumn bit
)
-- Temporary table used for results/output
CREATE TABLE #ObjectAudit
(ObjectName varchar(200)
,ColumnName varchar(128)
,ColumnID int
-- Column Specifications
,DataType varchar(50)
,MaxLength int
,[Precision] int
,Scale int
,IsNullable tinyint
,IsPrimaryKey tinyint
,IsIdentity tinyint
-- Metrics
,Records bigint -- All records in table
,CNT bigint -- Number of values in column
,[IsNum] bigint -- Is numeric (including period, $, - etc.)
,[IsInt] bigint -- Is integer
,CNTDIST bigint -- Number of distinct values in column
,NullValues bigint -- Number of Null values in column
,[Min] nvarchar(4000) -- Min value in column
,[Max] nvarchar(4000) -- Max value in column
,[Avg] decimal(38,5) -- Average value in column
,[StDev] decimal(38,5) -- Standard Deviation
)
-- Insert all columns for object in temp table
-- Check appropiate Schema and Database
EXEC(
'INSERT INTO #ObjectDef (ObjectName, ColumnName, ColumnID, DataType, MaxLength,[Precision],Scale,IsNullable,IsPrimaryKey, IsIdentity )
SELECT '''
+@FullObjectName+'''
,b.name
,b.column_id
,type_name(user_type_id) AS DataType
,convert(int, b.max_length) as max_length
,b.[precision]
,b.scale
,b.is_nullable
,isnull(c.PrimaryKey,0)
,b.is_identity
FROM
' +@Database+'.sys.objects a
INNER JOIN
' +@Database+'.sys.columns b
ONa.object_id=b.object_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
(
SELECT
a.object_id
,1 as PrimaryKey
,c.column_id
FROM
'+@Database+'.sys.indexes a
INNER JOIN
'+@Database+'.sys.objects b
ONa.object_id=b.parent_object_id
AND a.name=b.name
INNER JOIN
'+@Database+'.sys.index_columns c
ONa.index_id=c.index_id
AND b.parent_object_id=c.object_id
WHERE
b.type=''PK''
)c
ONa.object_id=c.object_id
AND b.column_id=c.column_id
INNER JOIN
' +@Database+'.sys.schemas d
ON a.schema_id=d.schema_id
WHERE
a.name = '''+@Object+'''
AND d.name = '''+@Schema+'''
'
)
-- Parse string of requested Columns
-- If columns are selected the variable SelectedColumn in #ObjectDef will be set to 1
-- All other columns are set to 0.
-- If no columns are selected the variable SelectedColumn will remain NULL
IF @Columns IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
CREATE table #columns
(ColumnName varchar(128))
DECLARE @ColumnInsert varchar(max)
DECLARE @ColumnInsertTrim varchar(130)
SET @Columns=','+@Columns -- adding comma in able to maintain logic below if only one column name is supplied
WHILE CHARINDEX(',',@Columns)>0
BEGIN
SET @ColumnInsert=REVERSE(LEFT(REVERSE(@Columns),charindex(',',REVERSE(@Columns),1)-1))
SET @ColumnInsertTrim=LTRIM(RTRIM(@ColumnInsert))
INSERT into #columns (ColumnName)
-- If ColumnNames are specified between brackets, remove brackets:
SELECT CASE WHEN @ColumnInsertTrim LIKE '[[]%]' THEN SUBSTRING(@ColumnInsertTrim,2,DATALENGTH(@ColumnInsertTrim)-2) ELSE @ColumnInsertTrim END
SET @Columns=REPLACE(@Columns,','+@ColumnInsert,'')
END
UPDATE #ObjectDef SET SelectedColumn=1 WHERE ColumnName in (SELECT ColumnName FROM #columns)
UPDATE #ObjectDef SET SelectedColumn=0 WHERE SelectedColumn IS NULL
END
-- Validate input parameters
-- If Object does not exist, end script
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT top 1 ObjectName FROM #ObjectDef)
BEGIN
DROP TABLE
#ObjectDef
,#ObjectAudit
PRINT 'Object '+UPPER(@FullObjectName)+' does not exist! Please enter a valid object name.'
RETURN
END
-- If one or more of the specified columns do not exist, end script
-- or columns specified in @Columns?
IF @Columns is not null
BEGIN
-- If so check one or more columns do not exist in the specified object
IF EXISTS (
SELECT top 1
a.ColumnName
FROM
#Columns a
LEFT OUTER JOIN
#ObjectDef b
ONa.ColumnName=b.ColumnName
WHERE b.ColumnName is NULL
)
-- Are there missing columns? End Script
BEGIN
-- identify missing columns
SELECT
a.ColumnName
INTO #MissingColumns
FROM
#Columns a
LEFT OUTER JOIN
#ObjectDef b
ONa.ColumnName=b.ColumnName
WHERE
b.ColumnName is NULL
DECLARE @MaxMissingColumn varchar(128) SET @MaxMissingColumn=''
DECLARE @MissingColumns varchar(max) SET @MissingColumns=''
-- Building string to output missing columns to user
WHILE (SELECT COUNT(ColumnName) from #MissingColumns)>0
BEGIN
SET @MaxMissingColumn=(SELECT MAX(ColumnName) FROM #MissingColumns)
SET @Columns=REPLACE(@Columns,@MaxMissingColumn,'')
DELETE FROM #MissingColumns WHERE ColumnName=@MaxMissingColumn
SET @MissingColumns=','+UPPER(@MaxMissingColumn)+@MissingColumns
END
DROP TABLE
#ObjectDef
,#ObjectAudit
,#Columns
-- output to user:
PRINT 'One or more of the requested columns do not exist in object: ' + UPPER(@FullObjectName)+
CHAR(13)+'Invalid column(s): '+SUBSTRING(@MissingColumns,2,LEN(@MissingColumns)-1)
RETURN
END
END
/*
STEP 2: Defining queries for calculating column metrics
*/
-- First determine which DataTypes are suitable for operators count, min, max and avg
-- Add select statement per column in temp table
-- Naming convention for the metrics:
-- [ColumnID]_CNT (number of values)
-- _CNTDIST (distinct values), _MIN, _MAX, _Nulls (number of null values), _AVG
-- available DataTypes
SELECT
name
INTO #DataTypes
FROM sys.types
ALTER table #DataTypes
ADD O_COUNT tinyint
,o_MIN tinyint
,O_NUM tinyint
,O_ISNUM tinyint
-- COUNT function
UPDATE #DataTypes
SET O_COUNT=1
WHERE name in
(
'bigint','binary','bit','char','date','datetime','datetime2'
,'datetimeoffset','decimal','float','hierarchyid','int'
,'money','nchar','numeric','nvarchar','real','smalldatetime'
,'smallint','smallmoney','sql_variant','sysname','time'
,'timestamp','tinyint','uniqueidentifier','varbinary'
,'varchar'
)
-- MIN/MAX function
UPDATE #DataTypes
SET o_MIN =1
WHERE name in
(
'int','bigint','binary','bit','char','date','datetime'
,'datetime2','datetimeoffset','decimal','float','hierarchyid'
,'int','money','nchar','numeric','nvarchar','real'
,'smalldatetime','smallint','smallmoney','sql_variant'
,'sysname','time','tinyint','varbinary','varchar'
)
-- NUMERIC FUNCTIONS (avg, stdev, etc.)
UPDATE #DataTypes
SET O_NUM =1
WHERE name in
(
'int','smallint','bigint','tinyint','float','decimal','numeric'
,'money','smallmoney','real'
)
-- ISNUMERIC / ISINT function
UPDATE #DataTypes
SET O_ISNUM =1
WHERE name in
(
'bigint','binary','bit','char','datetime','decimal','float','int'
,'money','nchar','numeric','nvarchar','real','smalldatetime'
,'smallint','smallmoney','sysname','tinyint','uniqueidentifier'
,'varbinary','varchar'
)
UPDATE #ObjectDef
SET Query=
CASE
WHEN DataType in (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE O_COUNT=1)
THEN
'COUNT(['+ColumnName+']) as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_CNT]'
+
',COUNT(distinct ['+ColumnName+']) as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_CNTDIST]'
ELSE 'NULL as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_CNT], NULL as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_CNTDIST]'
END
-- Min and Max statement not posssible on DataType "Bit"
-- Therefore, convert this DataType to a varchar
+
CASE
WHEN DataType IN (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE o_MIN=1)
THEN ', MIN('+
CASE
WHEN DataType = 'bit'
THEN'cast(['+ColumnName+'] as int)'
WHEN DataType IN ('datetime','datetime2','smalldatetime','date','datetimeoffset','hierarchyid','sql_variant')
THEN 'convert(varchar,['+ColumnName+'],120)' -- convert date to format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
ELSE '['+ColumnName+']'
END+')'
ELSE ', NULL ' -- MIN function not available for DataType
END +' as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_MIN]'
+
CASE
WHEN DataType IN (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE o_MIN=1)
THEN ', MAX('+
CASE
WHEN DataType = 'bit'
THEN'cast(['+ColumnName+'] as int)'
WHEN DataType IN ('datetime','datetime2','smalldatetime','date','datetimeoffset','hierarchyid','sql_variant')
THEN 'convert(varchar,['+ColumnName+'],120)'
ELSE '['+ColumnName+']'
END+')'
ELSE ', NULL ' -- MAX function not available for DataType
END +' as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_MAX]'
+',SUM(CASE WHEN ['+ColumnName+'] is null then 1 else 0 end) as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_Nulls]'
+ CASE
WHEN DataType in (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE O_NUM=1)
-- AVG for ID's not particularly usefull, therefore filter them out:
ANDIsPrimaryKey=0
ANDIsIdentity=0
THEN ', AVG(['+ColumnName+']/1.0)'
-- AVG function not available for DataType
ELSE ', NULL' END + ' as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_AVG]'
+ CASE
WHEN DataType in (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE O_NUM=1)
-- Standard Deviation for ID's not particularly usefull, therefore filter them out:
ANDIsPrimaryKey=0
ANDIsIdentity=0
THEN ', STDEV(['+ColumnName+']/1.0)'
-- STDDEV function not available for DataType
ELSE ', NULL' END + ' as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_DEV]'
+ CASE
WHEN DataType in (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE O_ISNUM=1)
THEN ', SUM(ISNUMERIC(['+ColumnName+']))'
-- SUM function not available for DataType
ELSE ', NULL' END + ' as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_ISNUM]'
+ CASE
WHEN DataType in (SELECT name FROM #DataTypes WHERE O_ISNUM=1)
THEN ', SUM(CASE WHEN ['+ColumnName+'] like ''%[^0-9]%'' OR ['+ColumnName+'] IS NULL then 0 else 1 end)'
-- Not available for DataType
ELSE ', NULL' END + ' as ['+CAST(ColumnID as varchar)+'_ISINT]'
-- Concatenating the individual select statement per column to one select statement for entire object
DECLARE @Query varchar(max)
DECLARE @sql varchar(max)
DECLARE @Sql2 varchar(max)
DECLARE @Sql3 varchar(max)
-- Start Cursor c_Query
DECLARE c_Query CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT Query FROM #ObjectDef WHERE isnull(SelectedColumn,1)<>0
OPEN c_Query
FETCH NEXT FROM c_Query INTO @Query
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sql =cast(@Query as varchar(max))
-- Adding current statement to previous statement. Last run results in one select statement.
SET @Sql2=cast(@Sql as varchar (max))+','+ISNULL(@Sql2,'')
FETCH NEXT FROM c_Query INTO @Query
END
CLOSE c_Query
DEALLOCATE c_Query
-- End Cursor c_Query
-- Adding SELECT and FROM Statement, resulting in a query
SET @Sql3='select count(*) as Records, '+left(ltrim(rtrim(@Sql2)),LEN(ltrim(rtrim(@Sql2)))-1)
+'into ##ObjectSingleRow from '+@FullObjectName
-- Execute the final query
-- This results in a one-row table with a column for every combination of metric/column
-- USING Exec statement sets up a new connection, therefore results are added to a
-- Global temporary table (##)
EXEC(@Sql3)
/*
STEP 3: Output
*/
-- Add columns and column specifications to temp table
INSERT into #ObjectAudit
(ObjectName
,ColumnName
,ColumnID
,DataType
,MaxLength
,[Precision]
,Scale
,IsNullable
,IsPrimaryKey
,IsIdentity
)
SELECT
ObjectName
,ColumnName
,ColumnID
,DataType
,MaxLength
,[Precision]
,Scale
,IsNullable
,IsPrimaryKey
,IsIdentity
FROM
#ObjectDef
WHERE
isnull(SelectedColumn,1)<>0
DECLARE @Column varchar(5)
DECLARE c_update CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT ColumnID FROM #ObjectAudit
-- Start cursor c_update
OPEN c_update
FETCH NEXT FROM c_update INTO @Column
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- Define Update Query for updating metric columns
SET @sql = 'UPDATE #ObjectAudit
SET
Records=(select Records from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,CNT=(select ['+@Column+'_CNT] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,IsNum=(select ['+@Column +'_ISNUM] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,IsInt=(select ['+@Column +'_ISINT] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,CNTDIST=(select ['+@Column +'_CNTDIST] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,Min=(select ['+@Column +'_MIN] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,Max=(select ['+@Column +'_MAX] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,NullValues=(select ['+@Column+'_Nulls] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,Avg=(select ['+@Column +'_AVG] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
,StDev=(select ['+@Column +'_DEV] from ##ObjectSingleRow)
WHERE ColumnID= '+@Column+''
-- Executing above update statement
EXEC(@Sql)
FETCH NEXT FROM c_update INTO @Column
END
CLOSE c_update
DEALLOCATE c_update
-- END CURSOR c_update
-- DISTRIBUTION
-- Only calculate distribution variables if procedure is executed with parameter 'distribution'
-- Do not calculate for key/ID variables
IF EXISTS (SELECT top 1 ColumnName FROM #ObjectAudit
WHERE
DataType in (
SELECT
name
FROM
#DataTypes
WHERE O_NUM=1
)
ANDIsPrimaryKey=0
ANDIsIdentity=0
-- filter out variables which are probably Key / ID variables:
AND NOT(IsInt=CNT
AND CAST([Max] as bigint)-CAST([Min] as bigint)+1=[CNT]
AND CNTDIST=CNT
)
)
AND LOWER(@Distribution)='yes'
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE #ObjectAudit
ADD Q1 decimal(38,5), Median decimal(38,5), Q3 decimal(38,5), IQR decimal(38,5), Skew numeric(38,3), Kurt numeric(38,3)
DECLARE @ColumnName as varchar(128)
DECLARE c_ntiles cursor fast_forward for
SELECT
ColumnName
FROM
#ObjectAudit
WHERE
DataType IN (
SELECT
Name
FROM
#DataTypes
WHERE
O_NUM=1
)
AND CNT>=4 -- to avoid divide by 0 error when calculating kurtosis
AND IsPrimaryKey=0
AND IsIdentity=0
-- filter out variables which are probably Key / ID variables:
AND NOT(IsInt=CNT
AND CAST([Max] as bigint)-CAST([Min] as bigint)+1=[CNT]
AND CNTDIST=CNT
)
OPEN c_ntiles
FETCH NEXT FROM c_ntiles INTO @ColumnName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sql = '
DECLARE @CNT as decimal(38,5)
DECLARE @STDEV as decimal(38,5)
DECLARE @AVG as decimal(38,5)
DECLARE @CORR_SKEW as numeric(10,9)
DECLARE @CORR_KURT as numeric(10,9)
DECLARE @SUBFACT as numeric(10,9)
DECLARE @Q1 as int
DECLARE @Q2a as decimal(38,5)
DECLARE @Q2b as decimal(38,5)
DECLARE @Q3 as int
SET @CNT=(SELECT CNT FROM #ObjectAudit WHERE ColumnName='''+@ColumnName+''')
SET @CORR_SKEW=(@CNT)/(@CNT-1)/(@CNT-2)
SET @CORR_KURT=(@CNT)*(@CNT+1)/(@CNT-1)/(@CNT-2)/(@CNT-3)
SET @SUBFACT=3*SQUARE((@CNT-1))/(@CNT-2)/(@CNT-3)
SET @STDEV=(SELECT stDEV FROM #ObjectAudit WHERE ColumnName='''+@ColumnName+''')
SET @AVG=(SELECT Avg FROM #ObjectAudit WHERE ColumnName='''+@ColumnName+''')
SET @Q1 = round(0.25*(@CNT+1),0)
SET @Q2a = 0.50*(@CNT+@CNT%2)
SET @Q2b = 0.50*(@CNT+@CNT%2)+(@CNT+1)%2
SET @Q3 = round(0.75*(@CNT+1),0)
SELECT ['+@ColumnName+'], row_number() OVER (partition by 1 ORDER BY ['+@ColumnName+']) as rownum
, POWER((['+@ColumnName+']*1.0-@AVG)/@STDEV,3) as Skew
, SQUARE(SQUARE(((['+@ColumnName+']-@AVG)/@STDEV))) as Kurt
INTO #quartiles_rows
FROM '+@FullObjectName+' where ['+@ColumnName+']>0
SELECT
MAX(CASE rownum WHEN @Q1 THEN ['+@ColumnName+'] ELSE null END) as Q1
, MAX(CASE rownum when @Q2a THEN ['+@ColumnName+'] ELSE null END) as Q2a
, MAX(CASE rownum when @Q2b THEN ['+@ColumnName+'] ELSE null END) as Q2b
, MAX(CASE rownum when @Q3 THEN ['+@ColumnName+'] ELSE null END) as Q3
, SUM(Skew)*@CORR_SKEW as Skew
, SUM(Kurt)*@CORR_KURT-@SUBFACT as Kurt
INTO ##quartiles
FROM #quartiles_rows
'
EXEC (@Sql)
UPDATE #ObjectAudit
SETQ1=##Quartiles.Q1
,Median=(##Quartiles.Q2a+##Quartiles.Q2b)/2
,Q3=##Quartiles.Q3
,Skew=##Quartiles.Skew
,Kurt=##Quartiles.Kurt
,IQR=##Quartiles.Q3-##Quartiles.Q1
FROM
##Quartiles
WHERE
ColumnName=@ColumnName
DROP TABLE ##Quartiles
FETCH NEXT FROM c_ntiles INTO @ColumnName
END
CLOSE c_ntiles
DEALLOCATE c_ntiles
END
-- Output to screen
SELECT *
,CAST(CAST(NullValues as decimal(38,2))/Records*100 as decimal(38,2)) as NullPerc
,CASE WHEN CNT>0 THEN CAST(CAST(CNTDIST as decimal(38,2))/CNT*100 as decimal(38,2)) ELSE NULL END as DistinctPerc
FROM
#ObjectAudit
-- Clean up!
DROP TABLE
#ObjectDef
,#ObjectAudit
,##ObjectSingleRow
/*
End Of Script
*/
GO
August 24, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Latin1_General_Binary isn't commonly used. However, Cisco ICM uses it...so it's what we use with our databases. Essentially, it forces Capitalization. So...
DECLARE @Variable
would not equal
DECLARE @variable.
It's really a pain...but actually enforces good programming practices for other programming languages.
August 24, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Thanks, i will take that into account the next time i submit a script!
Are you satisfied with the output of the script or do you have suggestions for any other column information / metrics?
May 18, 2016 at 1:05 pm
Thanks for the script.
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