Parse URL in SQL

I searched a lot, and I did not like anything I found. Then I saw this on sql-server-helper.com That site looks a little odd, I thought I would save this for myself, in case the site goes away, like some I used before stackoverflow.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ParseURLQueryString]
( @QueryString AS VARCHAR(MAX) )
RETURNS @QueryStringTable TABLE
( [Key] VARCHAR(100), [Value] VARCHAR(1000) )
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @QueryStringPair VARCHAR(2000)
DECLARE @Key VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @Value VARCHAR(1000)

WHILE LEN(@QueryString) > 0
BEGIN
SET @QueryStringPair = LEFT ( @QueryString, ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX('&', @QueryString) - 1, -1),
LEN(@QueryString)))
SET @QueryString = SUBSTRING( @QueryString, ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX('&', @QueryString), 0),
LEN(@QueryString)) + 1, LEN(@QueryString))

SET @Key = LEFT (@QueryStringPair, ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX('=', @QueryStringPair) - 1, -1),
LEN(@QueryStringPair)))
SET @Value = SUBSTRING( @QueryStringPair, ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX('=', @QueryStringPair), 0),
LEN(@QueryStringPair)) + 1, LEN(@QueryStringPair))

INSERT INTO @QueryStringTable ( [Key], [Value] )
VALUES ( @Key, @Value )
END

RETURN
END

And this is how you use it

SELECT * FROM [dbo].[ParseURLQueryString] ( 'fname=Barack&lname=Obama&addr=1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW&city=Washington&st=DC&zip=20500' )

SQL for CNP :D

create table #cucu(bau varchar(10)) insert into #cucu (bau) values ('123') insert into #cucu (bau) values ('3888') insert into #cucu (bau) values ('2888') insert into #cucu (bau) values ('6888') insert into #cucu (bau) values ('300a') select * from #cucu where bau LIKE '[3,4,6][0-9][0-9][0-9]' drop table #cucu

SQL capitalize words

this is from L.E.

set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go

ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_capitalize]
(
@str AS nvarchar(100)
)
RETURNS nvarchar(100)
AS
BEGIN

DECLARE
@ret_str AS varchar(100),
@pos AS int,
@len AS int

SELECT
@ret_str = N' ' + LOWER(@str),
@pos = 1,
@len = LEN(@str) + 1

WHILE @pos > 0 AND @pos < @len
BEGIN
SET @ret_str = STUFF(@ret_str,
@pos + 1,
1,
UPPER(SUBSTRING(@ret_str,@pos + 1, 1)))
SET @pos = CHARINDEX(N' ', @ret_str, @pos + 1)
END
RETURN RIGHT(@ret_str, @len - 1)

END

Textbox validate characters digits only - Desktop App

I wanted to let the user enter onlydigits in a Textbox and validate the characters when the types.
I came up with this:

private void numericUpDown_Count_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
if ("1234567890".IndexOf(e.KeyChar.ToString()) > 0)
{
e.Handled = false;
}
else
{
e.Handled = true;
}
}

tell me if there's an easier way :)

Select all from all tables all columns

I sometimes need to search for something that I know I added in one of the tables in a database, but i just don't know where I added it.
So for this one, I would need something to search in all the tables.
This case, only 'char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar' columns.

I searched on the internet, and found this guy.
The stored procedure is pretty cool, it works just the way I wanted.
I only added a SOUNDEX to it, so it can find even if you misspell the word.

it takes a while (around 10 seconds on a 400 tables database), but it is very cool.

I am thinking about how nice would it be to implement a search like this in your application (linking to the right screen, that might need a lot of parameters is probably the hard part)

So here's the code:

CREATE PROC ADMNSP_HotSearch
(
@SearchStr NVARCHAR(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName NVARCHAR(370), ColumnValue NVARCHAR(3630), Accuracy INT)

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @TableName NVARCHAR(256), @ColumnName NVARCHAR(128), @SearchStr2 NVARCHAR(110), @mySQL VARCHAR(8000)
SET @TableName = ''
SET @SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%','''')

WHILE @TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName = ''
SET @TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > @TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)

WHILE (@TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (@ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(@TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
)

IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @mySQL = 'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630) , 1
FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE SOUNDEX(' + @ColumnName + ') = SOUNDEX(''' + @SearchStr + ''') AND ABS( LEN(' + @ColumnName + ') - LEN(''' + @SearchStr + ''') ) < 10 '

/*PRINT (@mySQL)*/

INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC (@mySQL)
END
END
END

UPDATE #Results SET Accuracy = 0 WHERE CHARINDEX(@SearchStr, ColumnValue) > 0

SELECT DISTINCT ColumnName, ColumnValue, Accuracy, CHARINDEX(@SearchStr, ColumnValue) AS [CHARINDEX] FROM #Results Order by Accuracy, ColumnValue
DROP TABLE #Results
END

Generate Stored procedures scripts for SP-s modified after a specific date

When I am installing my changes in an other environment (test envir in my case) i need to get scripts for the modified stored procedures only. When you have a lot of sp-s, and you only need scripts for 3-4 of them, then you should use a script like this one:

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[GenerateLatestProcedures]
@DateFrom DATETIME

AS
BEGIN

DECLARE @spName NVARCHAR(128), @object_id INT
DECLARE myCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE modify_date >= @DateFrom OR create_date >= @DateFrom
ORDER BY modify_date DESC

OPEN myCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @spName
WHILE @@fetch_status = 0
BEGIN

PRINT 'IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N''[' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(255), @spName) + ']'') AND type in (N''P'', N''PC''))
DROP PROCEDURE [' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(255), @spName) + ']'

SELECT @object_id = object_id FROM sys.procedures WHERE NAME = @spName
PRINT OBJECT_DEFINITION(@object_id)

FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @spName
END
CLOSE myCursor
DEALLOCATE myCursor

END

Monthname in C# (C Sharp)

I think there's no Monthname (like is asp for ex. - which is weird)

But this is easy:

DateTime swTest = new DateTime(2000, 11, 1);
Page.Response.Write(swTest.ToString("MMMM"));

SQL - add zeros to the left

Ever needed to add zeros to the left of your string?
For example: instead of "1", you need "0001" displayed.
All this from SQL ...

I think this is an easy way of doing that:

select replicate('0', 6-len(convert(varchar(50), 'aaa'))) + convert(varchar(50), 'aaa')

You need to change the '6' if longer, and 'aaa' is your string ...

what do you think?
comment!

C# convert mm/dd/yyyy string to "5 minute(s) ago"

this is how utube does it:



For a forum-kinda thing I wanted to (C#) convert mm/dd/yyyy string to "5 minute(s) ago" - like Youtube does.

Here's how u I did it:
(please feel free to comment, get me a better way to do this :D)

/// < summary>
/// transform into "9 hours ago" or "8 days ago" etc ...
/// < /summary>
/// < param name="makeThisNiceDateFormat">some date string ... "mm/dd/yyyy"< /param>
/// < returns >example: "5 minute(s) ago"< /returns>
public static string ConvertDateToHoursAgo(string makeThisNiceDateFormat)
{
if (!IsDate(makeThisNiceDateFormat))
{
return makeThisNiceDateFormat;
}
else
{
DateTime dtOriginal = DateTime.Parse(makeThisNiceDateFormat);
//check if we need to display minutes
if (Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Minute, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) < 60)
{
if (DateDiff(DateInterval.Minute, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now) == 0)
{
return "just now";
}
return (Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Minute, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) + " minute(s) ago");
}
//check if we need to display hours
if (Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Hour, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) < 24)
{
return Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Hour, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) + " hour(s) ago";
}
//check if we need to display days
if (Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Day, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) < 31)
{
return Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Day, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) + " day(s) ago";
}
//check if we need to display months
if (Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Month, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) < 12)
{
return Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Month, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) + " month(s) ago";
}
return Math.Abs(DateDiff(DateInterval.Year, dtOriginal, DateTime.Now)) + " year(s) ago";
}
}

thoughts?
Note: I got an IsDate function in there which returns true/false ... in case someone tries to send me something that is not a date ...