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How to drop all tables, all views, and all stored procedures from a SQL 2005 DB...

Patrick Gallucci — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:36 GMT

This is a follow-up to the blog entry from Jasper Jugan . This is a modification to the script to allow for schema specific deletes of the SP's, Views and I added Functions. create procedure usp_DropSPFunctionsViews as -- variable to object...(read more)

The few, the proud, the fortunate. Microsoft Certified Architect Program

Patrick Gallucci — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:51:38 GMT

And I really do mean fortunate. On March 10th I am to embark in five weeks of some of the toughest technical training that I will do during my career. I have been to week long ramp-ups and boot-camps to help facilitate learning during my career. But this...(read more)

Bricks seldom feel good.

Patrick Gallucci — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:41:43 GMT

Not much to say. I have been angry that he has not returned my emails. Sorry Ken. Ken Henderson – We Will Always Remember You Technorati Tags: Ken Henderson , SQL Server , SQL...(read more)

SQL Server Function to merge a date with a time

Patrick Gallucci — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:03:46 GMT

I use this when I need to join two fields. One has a date, the other has a time. IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N '[util].[uf_MergeDate2Time]' ) AND type in (N 'FN' , N 'IF' , N 'TF' , N 'FS' , N 'FT' )) DROP...(read more)

Windows Mobile Slingbox and SlingPlayer Mobile

Patrick Gallucci — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:34:28 GMT

So here is my 2nd favorite new gadget on my Windows Mobile device. With the 3G network speed and my SlingPlayer mobile, when I am not using Mobile Live search, I am either watching tv or listening to the news on my Windows Mobile Device. The quality is...(read more)

Live Search, Windows Mobile and my little GPS friend!

Patrick Gallucci — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:11:46 GMT

I have really started to like my Samsung Blackjack running Windows Mobile lately. I am going to start to share some of my favorite applications and gadgets as time permits. My latest and probably favorite as of now is Live Search for Windows Mobile. I...(read more)

HALO 3

Patrick Gallucci — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:43:12 GMT

Nothing else to be said. GOOCH...(read more)

SQL Server Function to get the Hour of the Year

Patrick Gallucci — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:32:20 GMT

This function returns an integer of the hour of the year passed as a variable. IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N '[util].[uf_GetHourOfYear]' ) AND type IN (N 'FN' , N 'IF' , N 'TF' , N 'FS' , N 'FT' )) DROP FUNCTION [util].[uf_GetHourOfYear]...(read more)

SQL Server Function to get the Hour of the Month

Patrick Gallucci — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:30:06 GMT

This function returns an integer of the hour of the month passed as a variable. IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N '[util].[uf_GetHourOfMonth]' ) AND type IN (N 'FN' , N 'IF' , N 'TF' , N 'FS' , N 'FT' )) DROP FUNCTION...(read more)

SQL Server Function to return half year number of days.

Patrick Gallucci — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:29:43 GMT

This function returns an integer of the number of days in the half year. IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N '[util].[uf_GetHalfYearDays]' ) AND type IN (N 'FN' , N 'IF' , N 'TF' , N 'FS' , N 'FT' )) DROP FUNCTION...(read more)

SQLCMD and the power of the little r

Patrick Gallucci — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:25:41 GMT

I would have to say that one of my favorite new utilities that shipped with SQL Server 2005 has been the SQLCMD utility . I am going to demonstrate the use of include files. The following is the complete call syntax for SQLCMD. sqlcmd [{ { -U login_id...(read more)

SQL Server Data Types Test Tables

Patrick Gallucci — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:41:19 GMT

These tables can be used for testing various data types of SQL Server. You can extend as needed. SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF ; SET ANSI_PADDING, ANSI_WARNINGS, CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL, ARITHABORT,QUOTED_IDENTIFIER, ANSI_NULLS ON ; GO -- Create XML Schema...(read more)

Column Information View for SQL Server

Patrick Gallucci — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:24:15 GMT

Here is a view that contains column information. This is useful if you need to create a DDL statement for a table. CREATE VIEW dbo.vColumnInfo AS SELECT tbl.name AS [Table_Name], SCHEMA_NAME(tbl.schema_id) AS [Table_Schema], CAST (ISNULL(cik.index_column_id...(read more)

Released - Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Patrick Gallucci — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:44:58 GMT

Here is the link. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/939537 Here are the fixes in this release. SQL bug number KB article number Description 50001581 938243 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938243/) FIX: Error message when you run a full-text...(read more)

Generate BCP, Bulk Insert code with TSQL

Patrick Gallucci — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:48:22 GMT

This script will generate tsql code to bcp and bulk load data for all tables in a given DB. SET NOCOUNT ON GO DECLARE @ path nvarchar(2000), @batchsize nvarchar(40), @format nvarchar(40), @serverinstance nvarchar(200), @security nvarchar(800) SET @ path...(read more)