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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, 3316🔥, 0💬

Location of Database Files in SQL Server
Where is my database stored on the hard disk in SQL Server? If a database is created with simple CREATE DATABASE statement, the server will create two database files on the hard disk to store data and configuration information about that data bases: database_name.mdf - SQL Server Database Primary Da... 2016-11-24, 3306🔥, 0💬

Numeric Expressions and Functions in SQL Server Transact-SQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Numeric Expressions and Functions in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Numeric Expressions and Functions in SQL Server Transact-SQL. Clear answers are pr... 2017-04-01, 3303🔥, 0💬

odbc_errormsg() - Retrieving ODBC Error Messages
How To Retrieve Error Messages using odbc_errormsg()? When you call odbc_exec() to execute a SQL statement, and the execution failed on the SQL Server, you can use odbc_error() and odbc_errormsg() to retrieve the error code and error messages. The tutorial script below shows you a good example: &... 2024-06-30, 3298🔥, 0💬

Performing Comparison on Date and Time Values in SQL Server
How To Perform Comparison on Date and Time Values in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Comparison operations on date and time values can be performed in the same way as numeric values. The comparison rule is simple: a date and time value in the future has a greater value than a date and time value in the pas... 2017-01-21, 3288🔥, 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, 3280🔥, 0💬

"DROP" Statements - Deleting database objects in SQL Server
How to delete database objects with "DROP" statements in SQL Server? To remove all database objects created by previous tutorials, you could just delete the database. However, in this tutorial, you will go through the steps to reverse every action you took doing the tutorial. Removing permissions an... 2016-11-27, 3276🔥, 0💬

Using ORDER BY with UNION Operators in SQL Server
How To Use ORDER BY with UNION Operators in SQL Server? If you need to sort the output from two queries grouped together with a UNION operator, you need to apply the ORDER BY clause at the group level, not at the subquery level. Note that SQL Server and MySQL react differently to the ORDER BY clause... 2016-10-26, 3275🔥, 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, 3269🔥, 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, 3267🔥, 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, 3263🔥, 0💬

Truncating DATETIME Values to Dates without Time in SQL Server
How To Truncate DATETIME Values to Dates without Time in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Assuming that you have some date and time, DATETIME, values, and you want to work with dates only. You want to truncate them to dates without time, or with time of 00:00:00.000. Again, SQL Server offers no simple solut... 2017-02-08, 3262🔥, 0💬

What Is Index Fragmentation in SQL Server
What Is Index Fragmentation in SQL Server? Index fragmentation is a phenomena where index contents are no longer stored continuously in the storage. When index contents become scattered in the storage, fragmented, performance on index will degrade. If you want to see the fragmentation level of an in... 2016-11-08, 3256🔥, 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, 3244🔥, 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, 3243🔥, 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, 3242🔥, 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, 3237🔥, 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, 3229🔥, 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, 3225🔥, 0💬

Generating CREATE FUNCTION Scripts on Existing Functions in SQL Server
How To Generate CREATE FUNCTION Script on an Existing Function in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you want to know how an existing user defined function was created, you can use SQL Server Management Studio to automatically generate a "CREATE FUNCTION" script The following tutorial shows you how to do t... 2016-12-18, 3225🔥, 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, 3222🔥, 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, 3220🔥, 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, 3214🔥, 0💬

Understanding and Managing Views in SQL Server
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Understanding and Managing Views in SQL Server? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Understanding and Managing Views in SQL Server. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercis... 2016-11-08, 3212🔥, 0💬

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server