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   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   Dear SQLers:   
      
        I am trying to get around some of the limitations of T-SQL.   
      
        I wish to run a preprocessor over script files much as the C   
   preprocessor does for C programs.  File inclusion and symbol   
   definition commands are about all I need.  Does anyone know of one   
   that will work well with SQL Server script files?   
      
        I want to be able to define symbols like   
             #define ERRSTL N'50001: String %s is too long.'   
   in a secondary file and have statements like   
             raiserror(ERRSTL,16,1,N'ACUK)   
   expand to   
             raiserror(N'50001: String %s is too long.',16,1,N'ACUK)   
   This would allow me to freely reorganise error codes without having to   
   hunt manually, and it would allow me to have consistency over multiple   
   scripts.   
      
        I have done some searching and apparently one such is m4, but I   
   have been unable to download it.  (I only get a partial download and   
   do not know how to proceed.)   
      
        Any ideas?   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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