Category: miscellaneous

Below is the script which you can run directly in your SSMS and SQL Server (With the power of  Spatial results) sends you Christmas wishes directly on your screen 🙂

USE tempdb
GO


-- Prepare the scene

CREATE TABLE #ChristmasScene

(

item VARCHAR(32)

,shape GEOMETRY
) ;

--Put up the tree and star

INSERT INTO #ChristmasScene

VALUES ( 'Tree',

'POLYGON((4 0, 0 0, 3 2, 1 2, 3 4, 1 4, 3 6, 2 6, 4 8, 6 6, 5 6, 7 4, 5 4, 7 2, 5 2, 8 0, 4 0))' ),

( 'Base', 'POLYGON((2.5 0, 3 -1, 5 -1, 5.5 0, 2.5 0))' ),

( 'Star',

'POLYGON((4 7.5, 3.5 7.25, 3.6 7.9, 3.1 8.2, 3.8 8.2, 4 8.9, 4.2 8.2, 4.9 8.2, 4.4 7.9, 4.5 7.25, 4 7.5))' )

--Decorate the tree

DECLARE @i INT = 0

,@x INT

,@y INT ;

WHILE ( @i < 20 )

BEGIN

INSERT INTO #ChristmasScene

VALUES ( 'Bauble' + CAST(@i AS VARCHAR(8)),

GEOMETRY::Point(RAND() * 5 + 1.5, RAND() * 6, 0).STBuffer(0.3) )

SET @i = @i + 1 ;

END

--Christmas Greeting

INSERT INTO #ChristmasScene

VALUES ( 'M',

'POLYGON((0 10, 0 11, 0.25 11, 0.5 10.5, 0.75 11, 1 11, 1 10, 0.75 10, 0.75 10.7, 0.5 10.2, 0.25 10.7, 0.25 10, 0 10))' ),

( 'E',

'POLYGON((1 10, 1 11, 2 11, 2 10.8, 1.25 10.8, 1.25 10.6, 1.75 10.6, 1.75 10.4, 1.25 10.4, 1.25 10.2, 2 10.2, 2 10, 1 10))' ),

( 'R',

'POLYGON((2 10, 2 11, 3 11, 3 10.5, 2.4 10.5, 3 10, 2.7 10, 2.2 10.4, 2.2 10, 2 10),(2.2 10.8, 2.8 10.8, 2.8 10.7, 2.2 10.7, 2.2 10.8))' ),

( 'R',

'POLYGON((3 10, 3 11, 4 11, 4 10.5, 3.4 10.5, 4 10, 3.7 10, 3.2 10.4, 3.2 10, 3 10),(3.2 10.8, 3.8 10.8, 3.8 10.7, 3.2 10.7, 3.2 10.8))' ),

( 'Y',

'POLYGON((4 11, 4.2 11, 4.5 10.6, 4.8 11, 5 11, 4.6 10.5, 4.6 10, 4.4 10, 4.4 10.5, 4 11))' ),

( 'C',

'POLYGON((0 9, 0 10, 1 10, 1 9.8, 0.2 9.8, 0.2 9.2, 1 9.2, 1 9, 0 9))' ),

( 'H',

'POLYGON((1 9, 1 10, 1.2 10, 1.2 9.6, 1.8 9.6, 1.8 10, 2 10, 2 9, 1.8 9, 1.8 9.4, 1.2 9.4, 1.2 9, 1 9))' ),

( 'R',

'POLYGON((2 9, 2 10, 3 10, 3 9.5, 2.4 9.5, 3 9, 2.7 9, 2.2 9.4, 2.2 9, 2 9),(2.2 9.8, 2.8 9.8, 2.8 9.7, 2.2 9.7, 2.2 9.8))' ),

( 'I',

'POLYGON((3.2 9, 3.2 9.2, 3.4 9.2, 3.4 9.8, 3.2 9.8, 3.2 10, 3.8 10, 3.8 9.8, 3.6 9.8, 3.6 9.2, 3.8 9.2, 3.8 9, 3.2 9))' ),

( 'S',

'POLYGON((4 9, 4 9.2, 4.8 9.2, 4.8 9.4, 4 9.4, 4 10, 5 10, 5 9.8, 4.2 9.8, 4.2 9.6, 5 9.6, 5 9, 4 9))' ),

( 'T',

'POLYGON((5 9.8, 5 10, 6 10, 6 9.8, 5.6 9.8, 5.6 9, 5.4 9, 5.4 9.8, 5 9.8))' ),

( 'M',

'POLYGON((6 9, 6 10, 6.25 10, 6.5 9.5, 6.75 10, 7 10, 7 9, 6.75 9, 6.75 9.7, 6.5 9.2, 6.25 9.7, 6.25 9, 6 9))' ),

( 'A',

'POLYGON((7 9, 7 10, 8 10, 8 9, 7.75 9, 7.75 9.3, 7.25 9.3, 7.25 9, 7 9),(7.25 9.5, 7.25 9.8, 7.75 9.8, 7.75 9.5, 7.25 9.5))' ),

( 'S',

'POLYGON((8 9, 8 9.2, 8.8 9.2, 8.8 9.4, 8 9.4, 8 10, 9 10, 9 9.8, 8.2 9.8, 8.2 9.6, 9 9.6, 9 9, 8 9))' ) ;

--Admire the scene

SELECT *

FROM #ChristmasScene -- Tidy up the pine needles and put away the decorations

DROP TABLE #ChristmasScene

After letting it run (Shouldn’t take more than a second), navigate to ‘spatial results’ tab in your results pane and voila…..

The total credit goes to the original author of this script. Unfortunately, I don’t have his/her name, I saved this script years ago in my tool set.

Wishing you all Merry Christmas and a very happy new year 🙂