Extended Stored Procedures

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Using xp_ReadErrorLog in SQL Server 2005

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I would like to share some interesting parameters I found for the undocumented extended stored procedure xp_ReadErrorLog. In doing some testing with this extended stored procedure I found four very interesting parameters. Adding to some of the articles already on the web that discuss undocumented stored procedures, in this article I will explain my testing, use and some examples of the procedure.

2008-05-21

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RE: Thanks for taking the test!

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I liked the test...I'm disappointed in what I don't know...but I keep learning everyday. ON the question 14 about changing your SQL Server login's password, I chose the wrong answer because there wasn't a (') after MYLogin and so I figured it wasn't the correct answer. Otherwise, Thanks and keep them coming!

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2003-05-29

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RE: CASE with Numbers in a VARCHAR field...

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SQL Server has to decide what the data type of your [Production Ratio] column should be. To do this, it looks at all the possible data types in your case statement, and chooses one according to a precedence list. VARCHAR comes right near the bottom of the list, so SQL Server chose DECIMAL. There is […]

2003-05-21

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