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Using Wildcard Characters in LIKE Operations in SQL Server
How To Use Wildcard Characters in LIKE Operations in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Wildcard character '%' can be used in the pattern string for the LIKE operator to match any string of zero or more characters. The following example uses '%Sport% Store' to search all company names that has a partial word ...
2017-01-21, 2613🔥, 0💬

Getting Started with Transact-SQL Statements in SQL Server
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Getting Started with Transact-SQL Statements in SQL Server? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Getting Started with Transact-SQL Statements in SQL Server. Clear examples are provi...
2016-12-02, 2608🔥, 0💬

Date/Time Data Type Comparison in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What are differences between date and time data types in SQL Server Transact-SQL? I want to compare of date and time data types? Here is a comparison table of all date and time data types supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL: Data type Storage size Precision Default Format / (bytes) Value range ----...
2017-02-25, 2607🔥, 0💬

"ALTER LOGIN" - Changing the Password of a Login Name in SQL Server
How To Change the Password of a Login Name in SQL Server? If a developer lost the password of his or her login name, you can reset the password with the "ALTER LOGIN" statement as shown in this tutorial example: -- Login with sa ALTER LOGIN FYI_DBA WITH PASSWORD = 'fyicenter'; GO Command(s) complete...
2016-10-20, 2607🔥, 0💬

Mixing Group Functions with Non-group Selection Fields in SQL Server
Can Group Functions Be Mixed with Non-group Selection Fields in SQL Server? If a group function is used in the SELECT clause, all other selection fields must be group level fields. Non-group fields can not be mixed with group fields in the SELECT clause. The script below gives you an example of inva...
2016-10-25, 2605🔥, 0💬

Adding and Removing Days on Date and Time Values in SQL Server
How To Add or Remove Days on Date and Time Values in SQL Server Transact-SQL? SQL Server 2005 only support two operators on data and time values: + (Add): Adding days to a date and time value. - (Subtract): Removing days from a date and time value. Note that to add or subtract days on a date and tim...
2017-02-22, 2601🔥, 0💬

Selecting Some Specific Rows from a Table in SQL Server
How To Select Some Specific Rows from a Table in SQL Server? If you don't want select all rows from a table, you can specify a WHERE clause to tell the query to return only the rows that meets the condition defined in the WHERE clause. The WHERE clause condition is a normal Boolean expression. If an...
2016-10-26, 2598🔥, 0💬

Single-byte String Literals in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What are single-byte string literals supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Single-byte string literals in Transact-SQL are sequences of characters enclosed in single quotes. String literals are used to provide values to string variables or table columns like CHAR(40), VARCHAR(40), etc. String litera...
2017-05-20, 2594🔥, 0💬

Exact Numeric Data Types in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What are exact numeric data types supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Exact numeric data types are used to hold numeric values truncated to a specific precision and scale. There are 8 different exact numeric data types supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL: 1. BIGINT - Used to hold big integers wit...
2017-04-22, 2590🔥, 0💬

Index Slowing Down INSERT Statements in SQL Server
Does Index Slows Down INSERT Statements in SQL Server? If you want to see the impact of indexes on INSERT statements, you can repeat the same insert script on the table "fyi_links" of the same structure with two indexes: one non-clustered index on column "url" and one non-clustered index on column "...
2016-11-13, 2587🔥, 0💬

Adding a New DSN with the ODBC Driver for SQL Server
How To Add a New DSN with the ODBC Driver for SQL Server? Assuming that the ODBC driver for SQL Server has been installed as part of the Windows system, the next step of setting up ODBC connection to SQL Server is to create a new DSN (Data Source Name) with the ODBC Data Source Administrator: Go to ...
2024-08-06, 2585🔥, 0💬

Get System Date and Time in SQL Server Transact-SQL
How to get system date and time in SQL Server Transact-SQL? I want a list of functions for getting current system date and time. Here is a comparison of all functions that you can use to get the current date and time from the data base server system: Function Return type Precision ------------------...
2017-02-25, 2585🔥, 0💬

Using ORDER BY to Define a View in SQL Server
Can You Use ORDER BY When Defining a View in SQL Server? Sometimes you want the data in a view to be sorted and try to use the ORDER BY clause in the SELECT statement to define the view. But SQL Server will not allow you to use ORDER BY to define a view without the TOP clause. The tutorial exercise ...
2016-11-04, 2580🔥, 0💬

Approximate Numeric Literals in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What are approximate numeric literals supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Approximate numeric literals in Transact-SQL are numbers written in scientific notation formats. Approximate numeric literals are used to provide values to approximate numeric variables or table columns like LOAT(24), DOUBLE...
2017-05-05, 2577🔥, 0💬

"INSERT" and "UPDATE" Statements - Inserting and Updating Data In Tables in SQL Server
How to insert and update data into a table with "INSERT" and "UPDATE" statements in SQL Server? This is the third tutorial of a quick lesson on creating database objects with Transact-SQL statements. This lesson shows you how to create a database, create a table in the database, and then access and ...
2016-12-02, 2576🔥, 0💬

Compilation Error in a Statement Batch in SQL Server
What happens to a Transact-SQL statement batch if there is a compilation error? If a Transact-SQL statement batch has multiple statements, and one of them has compilation error, none of the statements in the batch will be executed. The tutorial exercise below gives you some good examples: SELECT get...
2017-05-29, 2571🔥, 0💬

"ALTER LOGIN" - Changing a Login Name in SQL Server
How To Change a Login Name in SQL Server? If you want to change a login name, you can use the "ALTER LOGIN" statement as shown in this tutorial example: -- Login with "sa" -- Change login name ALTER LOGIN Fyi_Login WITH NAME = Dba_Login; GO -- View login names SELECT name, sid, type, type_desc FROM ...
2016-10-19, 2567🔥, 0💬

Arithmetic Operations with Different Data Types in SQL Server
What Happens to an Arithmetic Operation with Two Different Data Types in SQL Server Transact-SQL? When two expressions with different data types are put together for an arithmetic operation, the expression with a lower rank data type will be converted automatically to higher rank data type. Usually,...
2017-03-27, 2564🔥, 0💬

Downloading and Installing PHP on Windows
How To Download and Install PHP on Windows? PHP is one of the most popular languages to develop dynamic Web pages. It supports all major database servers, including: MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, mSQL, Sybase, etc. If you are developing a Web application that uses PHP and needs to access MS SQL Serv...
2024-04-29, 2562🔥, 0💬

Managing Tables and Columns in SQL Server
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Managing Tables and Columns in SQL Server? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Managing Tables and Columns in SQL Server. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on crea...
2016-11-20, 2562🔥, 0💬

Passing Name-Value Pairs as Parameters in SQL Server
What Are the Advantages of Passing Name-Value Pairs as Parameters in SQL Server Transact-SQL? When calling a stored procedure defined with parameters, you can pass values to those parameters in two ways: Passing only values in the same order as parameters defined in the stored procedure. Passing nam...
2016-12-28, 2561🔥, 0💬

Determining Data Types of View Columns in SQL Server
How Column Data Types Are Determined in a View in SQL Server? When you define a view, its columns are defined through a list of expressions in the underlying SELECT statement. Their data types will be determined implicitly by the expressions. For example, if the column expression is a column name of...
2016-11-03, 2558🔥, 0💬

List of Data Types in SQL Server Transact-SQL
How many data types supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL? I want a list of all data types. Here is a list of all Transact-SQL data types divided into 6 categories: 1. Exact Number - Used to hold numeric values truncated to a specific precision and scale. BIGINT - Used to hold big integers. INT (or I...
2017-04-22, 2557🔥, 0💬

NULL Values Involved in Boolean Operations in SQL Server
What Happens If NULL Values Are Involved in Boolean Operations in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If NULL values are involved in Boolean operations, the result will vary depending on the operator type. For AND operator, FALSE takes precedence over NULL. The result can be summarized in a table below: AND TR...
2017-02-03, 2536🔥, 0💬

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