In this world of third-party insanity, I'm constantly amazed how much companies spend for third-party applications that are written like crap and have ZERO security. Lately, I've been plagued by a series of third-part applications using the sa username and password. When you ask them WHY, they get angry and explain that's how the applications were designed. When I politely explain to them that they are idiots, they don't seem to comprehend WHY. So, I'll say it again.....YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!!!!
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I feel like posting today. :) We get asked about datetime formats a lot on the forums. Here is a simple little script to tell you what formats SQL Server supports using the CONVERT function.
SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE #results( conversion INT, result VARCHAR(55), code VARCHAR(255))
DECLARE @min INT, @max INT, @date DATETIME
SELECT @min = 1, @max = 131, @date = GETDATE()
WHILE @min <= @maxBEGIN
IF @min BETWEEN 15 AND 19 OR @min = 26 OR @min BETWEEN 27 AND 99 OR @min BETWEEN 115 AND 119 OR @min BETWEEN 122 AND 125 OR @min BETWEEN 127 AND 129 BEGIN GOTO NEXT_LOOP END
INSERT #results( conversion, result, code)
SELECT @min, CONVERT(VARCHAR,@date,@min), 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),' + CAST(@min AS VARCHAR(5)) + ')'
NEXT_LOOP:
SELECT @min = @min...