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What Are Comparison Operations in SQL Server
What Are Comparison Operations in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Comparison operations return Boolean values by comparing the relative positions of two operands. SQL server supports the following comparison operations: = (Equal To): Returns Boolean true, if two operands are equal in value. &gt; (Great...
2017-01-29, 3023🔥, 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, 3023🔥, 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, 3021🔥, 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, 3020🔥, 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, 3019🔥, 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, 3011🔥, 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, 3010🔥, 0💬

Declaring and Using Cursor Variables in SQL Server
How To Declare and Use Cursor Variables in SQL Server Transact-SQL? There are two ways to representing a cursor: 1. A cursor name - A static name representing a cursor object. A cursor name should be linked to a cursor object in the DECLARE statement. 2. A cursor variable name - A variable name poin...
2016-10-17, 3010🔥, 0💬

Commonly Used MSSQL Functions in PHP
What Are Commonly Used MSSQL Functions in PHP? If you look at the PHP 5 manual, you will see a group of functions listed under the Microsoft SQL Server Functions section. The commonly used functions are: mssql_connect � Open MS SQL server connection mssql_close � Close MS SQL Server connection mssql...
2024-04-07, 3007🔥, 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, 3006🔥, 0💬

Casting Numeric Values to DATETIME in SQL Server Transact-SQL
Can I cast numeric values to DATETIME values in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Yes, you can cast numeric values to DATATIME values in Transact-SQL. The implicit casting rules are for numeric values to DATETIME values are: Numeric values are casted linearly to DATETIME values. Decimal 0 represents 1900-01-...
2017-04-15, 3005🔥, 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, 3004🔥, 0💬

odbc_prepare() - Creating Prepared Statements
How To Create Prepared Statements using odbc_prepare()? If you have a SQL statement that need to executed repeatedly many times with small changes, you can create a prepared statement object with parameters so it can be executed more efficiently. There are two functions you need to use prepare and e...
2024-06-03, 3001🔥, 0💬

Passing Values to User Defined Function Parameters in SQL Server
How To Provide Values to User Defined Function Parameters in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If a user defined function is created with parameters, you need pass values to those parameters when calling the function with one of two formats listed below: expression... function_name(value_1, value_2, ... valu...
2016-12-18, 2999🔥, 0💬

"ALTER FUNCTION" - Modifying Existing Functions in SQL Server
How To Modify an Existing User Defined Function in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you find a mistake in an existing function previously created, you can drop (delete) it and create it again correctly. But dropping a function may affect other database objects who are depending on this function. So the b...
2016-12-18, 2999🔥, 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, 2998🔥, 0💬

What Is a SELECT Query Statement in SQL Server
What Is a SELECT Query Statement in SQL Server? The SELECT statement is also called the query statement. It is the most frequently used SQL statement in any database application. SELECT statements allows you to retrieve data from one or more tables or views, with different selection criteria, groupi...
2016-10-26, 2996🔥, 0💬

CREATE INDEX - Impact on Other User Sessions in SQL Server
What Is the Impact on Other User Sessions When Creating Indexes in SQL Server? If you are creating a new index on a table with existing data, all existing rows will be indexed as part of the CREATE INDEX statement. If the table is large, the indexing process could take some time. The impact of this ...
2016-11-08, 2992🔥, 0💬

Mathematical Functions Supported by SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server
What Are the Mathematical Functions Supported by SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server Transact-SQL? SQL Server 2005 supports 23 mathematical functions: ABS, ACOS, ASIN, ATAN, ATN2, CEILING, COS, COT, DEGREES, EXP, FLOOR, LOG, LOG10, PI, POWER, RADIANS, RAND, ROUND, SIGN, SIN, SQRT, SQUARE, and TAN. The ret...
2017-03-22, 2986🔥, 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, 2985🔥, 0💬

Triggers with Multiple Affected Rows in SQL Server
What Happens to a Trigger with Multiple Affected Rows in SQL Server? If there is only one row affected by a DML statement, we know that the DML trigger will be executed once. But how many times the DML trigger will be executed if the DML statement resulted multiple affected rows? The answer is still...
2016-10-24, 2976🔥, 0💬

Differences of CHAR and VARCHAR in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What Are the Differences between CHAR and VARCHAR in SQL Server Transact-SQL? CHAR and VARCHAR are both used to store code page based 1-byte character strings in Transact-SQL. But they have the following main differences: CHAR(n) stores character strings with a fixed length, n bytes, storage format....
2017-04-04, 2975🔥, 0💬

Renaming an Existing Column with Management Studio in SQL Server
How to rename an existing column with SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server? If you are using SQL Server Management Studio, you can rename almost any data objects through the Object Explorer window. The tutorial example below shows you how to rename a column: 1. Run SQL Server Management Studio...
2016-11-15, 2975🔥, 0💬

"CREATE VIEW/PROCEDURE" Statements - Creating a View and a Stored Procedure in SQL Server
How to create a view and a stored procedure using "CREATE VIEW/PROCEDURE" statements in SQL Server? This is the third 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 cre...
2016-11-27, 2974🔥, 0💬

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