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  • RE: Generate a random password

    nelsonj (11/18/2008)


    Gaby: The repeating characters, either caps or lower case aren't a big deal. The first time I tested the proc, it just seemed to have an inordinate...

  • RE: Table Information View -- No Cursors!

    bitbucket (4/8/2008)


    Thanks for your unique point of view - it works like a charm ... will be added to my bag of "tricks"

    Very nice, I too will add it to...

  • RE: Programatically access newsequentialid()

    Bob Hovious (2/5/2009)


    Thank you for sharing, Gaby. I hate to come across as being dense. I guess I've just been fortunate enough to have the freedom...

  • RE: Programatically access newsequentialid()

    Bob Hovious (2/4/2009)


    Hey Gaby, I'm still curious. Why would you want a uniqueidentifier for a row to ever be null, even if it isn't the primary key? ...

  • RE: Programatically access newsequentialid()

    Bruce W Cassidy (2/2/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]I'd be interested in learning what sort of scenario you use that for.[/font]

    It would be useful if I have a uniqueidentifier column that is not a primary...

  • RE: My favorite way to access Excel files

    m.schmidbauer (2/4/2009)


    Dear Gaby,

    i know this really comfortable feature and i use it a lot.

    Good to know that it also works with SQL 2008 since we are actually using SQL2005.

    But as...

  • RE: Programatically access newsequentialid()

    noeld (2/2/2009)


    But may I ask why you are concerned that a guid be sequential?

    guids are "replication friendly", identity integers are not.

    Sequential is necessary for me to preserve any...

  • RE: Having alerts send e-mails conundrum

    John Reid (1/28/2009)


    If your objective is only to send an email alert when SQL starts, and assuming you also have SQL Server Agent set to start automatically, you could set...

  • RE: Having alerts send e-mails conundrum

    John Reid (1/27/2009)


    Is it possible that the Agent hasn't yet started at that point?

    Hmmm, I was wondering that. Now I'm hunting for a way to trap the last step...

  • RE: Having alerts send e-mails conundrum

    John Reid (1/27/2009)


    Assuming SQL 2000, you must already have SQL Mail set up anyway ... you also have to initiate the SQL Mail session first using xp_startmail, and terminate the...

  • RE: Open Source Pay

    Ewan Hampson (1/16/2009)


    Alan Vogan (1/16/2009)


    Maybe we should be looking at this from the point of establishing and legitimizing IT as an actual profession in our society, like teachers, doctors and...

  • RE: Open Source Pay

    fhanlon (1/16/2009)


    Surely management does not want to create resentments like this and can be prevailed upon to correct this in some way. Mangement that fails to do this can...

  • RE: Open Source Pay

    It may not be feasible (or desireable) for companies to disclose salaries publicly, but how about disclosing the average salaries for departments?

    I remember reading of a scenario in the...

  • RE: Actual Sql Server Name

    Jonathan Mallia (1/14/2009)


    select @@servername, @@servicename

    🙂

    Heh heh... That works too.

    😀

    Gaby

  • RE: Actual Sql Server Name

    dpkngm (1/13/2009)


    Hi Friends,

    how may i know the actual name of my sql server 2005.

    Please help me...

    Deepak Nigam

    Try select serverproperty('ServerName')

    Sometimes select @@version doesn't give the true server\instance name.

    Cheers.

    Gaby A.

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