Hi Folks,
As promised, tonight we're releasing the monthly update to SDU Tools, our free toolset for SQL Server developers and DBAs. A download link will be sent to all registered subscribers.
First, the new tools:
AnalyzeTableColumns – allows for quick profiling of a table. Shows the column metadata, and shows a sample of distinct values from each column. We suspect this will be the favorite this month. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/V-jCAT-TCXM
QuoteString – puts quotes around a string and doubles-up any embedded quotes. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/uIj-hTIhIZo
LeftPad and RightPad – pads a string to the left (or right) with a specified filler character. Useful for formatting strings or right-aligning numeric values. You can see them here: https://youtu.be/P-r1zmX1MpY
SeparateByCase – takes a pascal-cased or camel-cased string and separates out the words by inserting a space. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/kyr8C2hY5HY
StartOfFinancialYear and EndOfFinancialYear – calculates the start (or end) of the financial year for any given date, and allows you to specify the month when the financial year starts. You can see them here: https://youtu.be/wc8ZS_XPKZs
PrintMessage – annoyed at waiting for PRINT messages to come back in your stored procedures? Wait no more. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/Coabe1oY8Vg
And the new options:
We've added two other scripts to the download zip.
- A script that can be used to completely remove the tools
- A script that contains the sample code that we've used in the videos for this month
And the fixes:
We've also corrected a couple of issues that we had with collations (don't you just love collations). And while we're going to be super-careful about backward compatibility, we did rename one option. FindSubsetIndexes is now ListSubsetIndexes so it matches the other commands in that group. (The developer responsible has been dealt with 
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We hope you continue to use SDU Tools.
You can find out more about our free SDU Tools here:
http://sdutools.sqldownunder.com