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Hi All! Hope you had a great summer! I was looking up the 'internets' for something and came across many people looking for a way to retrieve SQL Error Message based on an Error ID. Here's a quick solution - nothing outstanding; but good-to-know script! DECLARE @Error int DECLARE @ErrorMessage varchar(800) <... sql ...> <... sql ...> SET @Error = @@Error IF @Error <> 0 SET @ErrorMessage = isnull((select [text] from sys.messages where message_id = @Error),'Error. Details not found.') SELECT @Error as [Error ID], @ErrorMessage as [Error Message] GO Go Go Go. Execute. Regards! Please consider the environment before printing this blog! Go Green!

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A friend of mine wrote this script for some reason and forwarded to me for the heck of it! I have no use for it but figured somebody else might be looking for it! So here it is... If you have any questions, feel free to post 'em and I will run it by Narayan. -- ============================== =============== -- Author: -- Create date: <24/04/2009> -- Description: -- ============================== =============== CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ udfLatLonRadiusDistance] ( @lat1Degrees decimal(15,12), @lon1Degrees decimal(15,12), @lat2Degrees decimal(15,12), @lon2Degrees decimal(15,12) ) RETURNS decimal(9,2) AS BEGIN DECLARE @ earthSphereRadiusNauticalMiles as decimal(10,6) DECLARE @ nauticalMileConversionToMilesF actor as decimal(7,6) SELECT @ earthSphereRadiusNauticalMiles = 6366.707019 SELECT @ nauticalMileConversionToMilesF actor = .621371 -- convert degrees to radians DECLARE @lat1Radians decimal(15,12) DECLARE @lon1Radians decimal(15,12) DECLARE @lat2Radians de

I had a tough time to apply alternate row colors to a SSRS Matrix and finally figured out! Without further ado, here it is... Assume you have a matrix with more than 1, lets say 2 row groupings; RG1 and RG2. 1. Right-click on RG2 (innermost row group), and select "Insert Group"; for simplicity call it "RowColorGroup" 2. In the "Group On" section, add some constant value - for example ="" or ="ankeet" etc... you get the idea! 3. Select the newly created group "RowColorGroup" and enter the following in its "Value" property: =iif(RunningValue(Fields!RG1.Value & Fields!RG2.Value,CountDistinct,Nothing) Mod 2, "LightSteelBlue", "White") 4. Select the "BackgroundColor" property of "RowColorGroup" and enter "=Value" 5. Set the width of "RowColorGroup" to 0pt and "CanGrow" to false 6. Select the data cell(s) and set their "BackgroundColor" pro

As simple as this process is, I have had many people ask me "How do I look for all stored procs that use a certain table or field?". Here's the simple answer: SELECT ROUTINE_NAME rn, ROUTINE_DEFINITION rd, * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE '%sstpay%' AND ROUTINE_TYPE='PROCEDURE' SELECT OBJECT_NAME(id) FROM syscomments WHERE [text] LIKE '%sstpay%' AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, 'IsProcedure') = 1 GROUP BY OBJECT_NAME(id) Have Fun!