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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, 2831🔥, 0💬

"CREATE FUNCTION" - Creating User Defined Functions in SQL Server
How To Create a Simple User Defined Function in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you want to create a simple user defined function, you can use the "CREATE FUNCTION" command with a statement block in a simple format as shown in below: CREATE FUNCTION function_name() RETURNS data_type AS BEGIN statement_1... 2016-12-24, 2830🔥, 0💬

What Is ODBC (Open Database Communication)?
What Is Open Database Communication (ODBC)? ODBC, Open Database Communication, a standard API (application program interface) developed by Microsoft for Windows applications to communicate with database management servers. If you want to access a database server through an ODBC driver from an applic... 2024-08-14, 2829🔥, 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, 2828🔥, 0💬

Attaching AdventureWorksLT Physical Files to the Server in SQL Server
How to attach AdventureWorksLT physical files to the server in SQL Server? After installed the sample database AdventureWorksLT, you need to attach it to your SQL server to make it available by follow this tutorial: EXEC sp_attach_db @dbname=N'AdventureWorksLT', @filename1=N'C:\Program Files\Microso... 2016-12-02, 2828🔥, 0💬

Comments in SQL Server Transact-SQL Statements
How to enter comments in SQL Server Transact-SQL statements? There are 2 ways to enter comments within Transact-SQL statements: Starting comments with two dashes "--": Everything between "--" and the end of the line is treated as a comment. Entering comments between "/*" and "*/": Everything between... 2017-05-29, 2826🔥, 0💬

Boolean Values and Logical Operations in SQL Server Transact-SQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Boolean Values and Logical Operations in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Boolean Values and Logical Operations in SQL Server Transact-SQL. Clear answer... 2017-01-29, 2822🔥, 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, 2816🔥, 0💬

Downloading and Installing SQL Server 2005 Books Online in SQL Server
How to download and install SQL Server 2005 Books Online in SQL Server? 1. Go to the SQL Server 2005 Books Online download page . 2. Click the download button, the File Download box shows up. Save the download file to c:\temp. 3. Double click on the downloaded file: c:\temp\SqlServer2K5_BOL_Feb20 07.... 2016-12-04, 2815🔥, 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, 2810🔥, 0💬

"ALTER PROCEDURE" - Modifying Existing Stored Procedures in SQL Server
How To Modify an Existing Stored Procedure in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you find a mistake in an existing stored procedure previously created, you can drop (delete) it and create it again correctly. But dropping a stored procedure may affect other database objects who are depending on this stored ... 2017-01-05, 2810🔥, 0💬

Verifying a Login Name with SQLCMD Tool in SQL Server
How To Verify a Login name with SQLCMD Tool in SQL Server? The quickest way to verify a login name on a SQL Server is probably to use the SQLCMD tool, which takes the server name, login name and password in a single command line. Here is how to try it yourself: Start a command window and enter the f... 2016-10-20, 2805🔥, 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, 2798🔥, 0💬

Configuring ODBC DSN with Different Port Numbers
How To Configure ODBC DSN with Different Port Numbers? If your SQL Server is not using the default port number, like 1269, you need to set the port number to the correct value during the ODBC DSN creation process, as show in this tutorial: 1. Start ODBC Data Source Administrator and click System DSN... 2024-07-25, 2797🔥, 0💬

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, 2797🔥, 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, 2796🔥, 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, 2792🔥, 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, 2790🔥, 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, 2787🔥, 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, 2786🔥, 0💬

DEFAULT - Using Column Default Values in INSERT Statements in SQL Server
How To Use Column Default Values in INSERT Statements in SQL Server? If a column is defined with a default value in a table, you can use the key word DEFAULT in the INSERT statement to take the default value for that column. The following tutorial exercise gives a good example: INSERT INTO fyi_links... 2016-11-03, 2785🔥, 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, 2778🔥, 0💬

"CREATE USER" Statements - Creating a User in SQL Server
How to create a user to access a database using "CREATE USER" statements in SQL Server? This is the second tutorial of a quick lesson on creating login and configure users for databases with Transact-SQL statements. Granting a user access to a database involves three steps. First, you create a login... 2016-11-27, 2774🔥, 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, 2773🔥, 0💬

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server