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Testing DML Triggers in SQL Server
How To Test a DML Trigger in SQL Server? To test a DML trigger defined on a table, you just need to execute several INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements on that table as shown in this tutorial example: USE FyiCenterData; GO INSERT INTO fyi_users (name) VALUES ('FYI Admin'); GO Records are inserted, ...
2016-10-25, 2957🔥, 0💬

CASE - Conditional Expressions in SQL Server
What Are Conditional Expressions in SQL Server Transact-SQL? A conditional expression returns one of the given expressions based a specific condition. SQL Server 2005 offers the CASE operator to present a conditional expression with two syntaxes: 1. CASE with simple conditions CASE test_value WHEN v...
2017-01-29, 2956🔥, 0💬

Differences between Functions and Stored Procedures in SQL Server
What Are the Differences between User Defined Functions and Stored Procedures in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Differences between user defined functions and stored procedures are: Stored procedures does not return any data and they can not be used in expressions. User defined functions does return data ...
2016-12-24, 2956🔥, 0💬

Creating a View with Data from Another View in SQL Server
Can You Create a View using Data from Another View in SQL Server? Can You Create a View with Data from Another View? The answer is yes. A view can be used as a table to build other views. The tutorial exercise below shows you how to create a view using data from another view: USE AdventureWorksLT; G...
2016-11-05, 2955🔥, 0💬

Deleting a Table That Is Used by a View in SQL Server
What Happens If You Delete a Table That Is Used by a View in SQL Server? Assuming that you have a table which is used by a view, and you try to delete that table. SQL Server will let you delete the table without any trouble. But that view will become invalid. The tutorial exercise below shows you wh...
2016-11-04, 2952🔥, 0💬

Using Subqueries in the FROM Clause in SQL Server
How To Use Subqueries in the FROM Clause in SQL Server? If you have a query returning many rows of data, and you want to perform another query on those rows, you can put the first query as a subquery in the FROM clause of the second query. A subquery used in this way become a temporary table, and yo...
2016-10-29, 2952🔥, 0💬

ntwdblib.dll - SQL Server Client Library DLL
What Is Wrong with SQL Server Client Library DLL, ntwdblib.dll? The second requirement to access SQL Server with PHP scripts is the SQL Server Client Library DLL, ntwdblib.dll. The good news is that the Windows binary version of PHP 5.2.3 has ntwdblib.dll included in the PHP home directory. But the ...
2024-04-14, 2951🔥, 0💬

"INSTEAD OF" - Overriding DML Statements with Triggers in SQL Server
How To Override DML Statements with Triggers in SQL Server? Sometime, you may want to implement some business logics in a DML trigger to cancel the DML statement. For example, you may want to check the new email address format provided by the UPDATE statement. If the email address is invalid, you to...
2016-10-22, 2949🔥, 0💬

Time-Only DATETIME Values in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What Happens If Time-Only Values Are Provided for DATETIME variables in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If only time value is provided in a DATETIME variable, the SQL Server will pad the date value with a zero, representing the base date, January 1, 1900. The tutorial exercise below gives you some good exa...
2017-04-08, 2948🔥, 0💬

Converting Numeric Expressions from One Data Type to Another in SQL Server
How To Convert a Numeric Expression from One Data Type to Another in SQL Server Transact-SQL? There are 4 ways to convert a numeric expression from one data type to another data type: Implicit conversion by arithmetic operations - When arithmetic operations are performed on expressions of different ...
2017-03-27, 2941🔥, 0💬

System Databases Used by SQL Servers in SQL Server
What are system databases in SQL Server? System databases are created by the SQL Server itself during the installation process. System databases are used by the SQL server to help manage other user databases and client execution sessions. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition uses 4 system databases: mast...
2016-11-20, 2941🔥, 0💬

PHP MSSQL - mssql_rows_affected() - Number of Affected Rows
PHP MSSQL - How To Get the Number of Affected Rows? If you insert multiple rows with a single INSERT statement, you can use the mssql_rows_affected() function to find out how many rows were inserted. mssql_rows_affected($connectio n)returns the number of affected rows of the last INSET, UPDATE or DE...
2024-02-28, 2940🔥, 0💬

Updating Data in a View in SQL Server
Can You Update Data in a View in SQL Server? Can you update data in a view? The answer is no. But if the question is "Can you update data in the underlying table through view?" The answer is then yes. SQL Server will allow you to update data in the underlying table through a view. The tutorial exerc...
2016-11-04, 2939🔥, 0💬

Running SQL Server 2005 Books Online on Your Local System in SQL Server
How to run SQL Server 2005 Books Online on your local system in SQL Server? SQL Server 2005 Books Online can be accessed by a Web browser over the Internet. But you can also download it and read it on your local system. If you have downloaded and installed SQL Server 2005 Books Online package, you f...
2016-12-04, 2936🔥, 0💬

SQL Server FAQs - PHP ODBC Functions - Connection and Query Execution
A collection of 14 FAQs on using PHP ODBC functions to connect to SQL Server databases. Clear explanations and tutorial exercises are provided on testing ODBC DSN settings; creating connection to a SQL Server through a DSN; executing SQL statements; looping through result set; Executing prepared sta...
2024-03-17, 2934🔥, 0💬

Defragmenting Table Indexes in SQL Server
How To Defragment Table Indexes in SQL Server? When a table index is fragmented to a certain percentage, you need to defragment the index to maintain its performance level. There are 3 ways to defragment: 1. "ALTER INDEX index_name ON table_name REORGANIZE" - Defragmenting the specified index perfor...
2016-11-08, 2933🔥, 0💬

Deleting All Rows with DELETE Statements in SQL Server
How To Delete All Rows with DELETE Statements in SQL Server? If you want to delete all rows from a table, you have two options: Use the DELETE statement with no WHERE clause. Use the TRUNCATE TABLE statement. Here is an example of deleting all rows with a DELETE statement: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM fyi_l...
2016-10-30, 2933🔥, 0💬

What Are Views in SQL Server
What Are Views in SQL Server? A view is a database object that represents the data in one or more tables in the same structure as a separate table. Here are some basic rules about views: Tables store real data. Views do not store real data. Views must have underlying tables to provide data. Each vie...
2016-11-08, 2928🔥, 0💬

Getting a List of All Databases on the Server in SQL Server
How to get a list all databases on the SQL server in SQL Server? If you don't remember database names you have created, you can get a list of all databases on the server by query the "sys.databases" view as shown in this tutorial example: CREATE DATABASE FyiCenterData GO SELECT name, database_id, cr...
2016-11-24, 2927🔥, 0💬

"CREATE TRIGGER" - Creating a DML Trigger in SQL Server
How To Create a DML Trigger using CREATE TRIGGER Statements in SQL Server? A DML trigger is a trigger declared to handle a DML event, which occurs when an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statement is executed. If you want to create a DML trigger, you should use the "CREATE TRIGGER" statement in the followi...
2016-10-25, 2927🔥, 0💬

"SELECT" Statements - Reading the Data In a Table in SQL Server
How to read data in a table with "SELECT" statements in SQL Server? This is the fourth 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 change the data in the tabl...
2016-12-02, 2923🔥, 0💬

Creating Stored Procedures with Parameters in SQL Server
How To Create Stored Procedures with Parameters in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Very often, you need to create a stored procedure with one or more parameters. You only supply values to those parameters at the time of executing the stored procedure. Stored procedures with parameters can be created with t...
2017-01-05, 2917🔥, 0💬

Duplicate Key Error on Primary Key Columns in SQL Server
What Happens If You Insert a Duplicate Key for the Primary Key Column in SQL Server? If your table has a primary key column, and you are trying to insert a new row with duplicate key value on the primary key column, you will get an error. The reason is simple - Primary key column does not allow dupl...
2016-11-02, 2917🔥, 0💬

Using SELECT Statements with Joins and Subqueries in SQL Server
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Using SELECT Statements with Joins and Subqueries in SQL Server? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Using SELECT Statements with Joins and Subqueries in SQL Server. Clear answers ...
2016-10-30, 2914🔥, 0💬

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