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Generating CREATE PROCEDURE Scripts on Existing Stored Procedures in SQL Server
How To Generate CREATE PROCEDURE Script on an Existing Stored Procedure in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you want to know how an existing stored procedure was created, you can use SQL Server Management Studio to automatically generate a "CREATE PROCEDURE" script The following tutorial shows you how to...
2017-01-05, 3287🔥, 0💬

sys.triggers - Listing All Triggers in the Database in SQL Server
How To List All Triggers in the Database with sys.triggers in SQL Server? If you want to list all triggers defined in the current database, you can use the catalog view, sys.triggers, as shown in the following tutorial example: USE FyiCenterData; GO CREATE TRIGGER new_user ON fyi_users AFTER INSERT ...
2016-10-25, 3279🔥, 0💬

Differences of DECIMAL and FLOAT in SQL Server
What Are the Differences between DECIMAL and FLOAT in SQL Server Transact-SQL? DECIMAL and FLOAT are both used to store numerical values. But they have the following main differences: DECIMAL(p,s) stores values with the decimal point fixed at the position of s (scale) digits from the right. The tota...
2026-02-12, 3258🔥, 1💬

Approximate Numeric Data Types in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What are approximate numeric data types supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Approximate numeric data types are used to hold numeric values with floating scales. There are 3 different approximate numeric data types supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL: 1. FLOAT - Used to hold values with different ...
2017-04-19, 3257🔥, 0💬

Creating a Large Table with Random Data for Indexes in SQL Server
How To Create a Large Table with Random Data for Index Testing in SQL Server? If you want to see how index can be used to improve data search performance, you have to build some large tables, which requires large amount of random data. This tutorial exercise helps you to build a large table with pur...
2016-11-13, 3257🔥, 0💬

"DISABLE TRIGGER" - Disabling Triggers in SQL Server
How To Disable Triggers using "DISABLE TRIGGER" in SQL Server? If want to stop the execution of an existing trigger temporarily, you can use the "DISABLE TRIGGER" statement to disable it. The disabled trigger will be kept in the database. If you want to resume the execution of a disabled trigger, yo...
2016-10-24, 3256🔥, 0💬

"ALTER INDEX ... REBUILD" - Defragmenting Indexes in SQL Server
How To Rebuild Indexes with ALTER INDEX ... REBUILD in SQL Server? When an index is defragmented to a large percentage, like &gt; 30%, you can use the "ALTER INDEX ... REBUILD" statement to rebuild the index. Here is a tutorial exercise on rebuilding indexes: USE FyiCenterData; GO UPDATE fyi_lin...
2016-11-08, 3254🔥, 0💬

sys.views - List of Existing Views in SQL Server
How To See Existing Views in SQL Server? If you want to know how many views you have created in a database, you use the system view called sys.views to get a list of views defined in the current database. The tutorial exercise shows you how many views in database FyiCenterData: USE FyiCenterData; GO...
2016-11-05, 3253🔥, 0💬

Collation - Character Code Page in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What Is a Collation in SQL Server Transact-SQL? A collation in Transact-SQL is a set of specifications defining a character set and its sorting rules. SQL Server support a large number of built-in collations. For example: Albanian_CI_AI_KS_WS - Albanian, case-insensitive (CI), accent-insensitive (AI...
2017-05-13, 3239🔥, 0💬

Statement Batch in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What is statement batch in SQL Server Transact-SQL? A statement batch is a group of one or more Transact-SQL statements sent at the same time from an application to SQL Server for execution. SQL Server compiles the statements of a batch into a single executable unit, called an execution plan. The st...
2017-05-29, 3236🔥, 0💬

What Causes Index Fragmentation in SQL Server
What Causes Index Fragmentation in SQL Server? Index fragmentation is usually caused by deleting of existing rows or updating existing values of the indexed column. Inserting new rows should not cause any index fragmentation. This tutorial exercise shows you how update statements of 50000 rows on th...
2016-11-08, 3232🔥, 0💬

Setting New Values to Parts of a DATETIME Value in SQL Server
How To Set Different Parts of a DATETIME Value in SQL Server Transact-SQL? In SQL Server, you can get different parts of a DATETIME value with the DATEPART() functions. But there is no function that allows you to set different parts to a DATETIME value. For example, you a date_of_birth column as DAT...
2017-02-08, 3223🔥, 0💬

sys.sql_modules - Getting Trigger Definitions Back in SQL Server
How To Get the Definition of a Trigger Back in SQL Server? If you want get the definition of an existing trigger back from the SQL Server, you can use the catalog view called sys.sql_modules, which stores definitions of views, stored procedures, and triggers. The sys.sql_modules holds trigger defini...
2016-10-24, 3223🔥, 0💬

Improving the Trigger to Handle NULL Values in SQL Server
How To Improve the Trigger to Handle NULL Values in SQL Server? When a NULL value is concatenated with a string, the result will be a null value. So if you want the trigger to properly report NULL values, you need to enhance the trigger as shown in the following tutorial example: USE FyiCenterData; ...
2016-10-24, 3214🔥, 0💬

"ALTER AUTHORIZATION" - Changing the Ownership of a Schema in SQL Server
How To Change the Ownership of a Schema in SQL Server? If you want to change the owner of a schema, you can use the "ALTER AUTHORIZATION" statement using the following syntax: ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::schema_name TO user_name The following tutorial example shows you how to change ownership of ...
2016-10-22, 3202🔥, 0💬

"RIGHT OUTER JOIN ... ON" - Writing Queries with Right Outer Joins in SQL Server
How To Write a Query with a Right Outer Join in SQL Server? If you want to query from two tables with a right outer join, you can use the RIGHT OUTER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with a right outer join from two tables: fyi_links and fyi_rates. The join c...
2016-10-30, 3178🔥, 0💬

Entering Date and Time Values in SQL Server
How To Enter Date and Time values in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Transact-SQL does not support date and time literals. If you want to enter date and time values, you have to use character string literals and rely implicit casting rules to convert them into date and time values. When casting character s...
2017-04-15, 3168🔥, 0💬

Data Literals in SQL Server Transact-SQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on data literals in Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL? I am new to Transact-SQL and SQL Server. Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com team on data literals in Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL: Con...
2017-05-20, 3162🔥, 0💬

"LEFT OUTER JOIN ... ON" - Writing Queries with Left Outer Joins in SQL Server
How To Write a Query with a Left Outer Join in SQL Server? If you want to query from two tables with a left outer join, you can use the LEFT OUTER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with a left outer join from two tables: fyi_links and fyi_rates. The join condi...
2016-10-30, 3159🔥, 0💬

ONLINE/OFFLINE - Database States in SQL Server
What are database states in SQL Server? A database is always in one specific state. For example, these states include ONLINE, OFFLINE, or SUSPECT. To verify the current state of a database, select the state_desc column in the sys.databases catalog view. The following table defines the database state...
2016-11-20, 3153🔥, 0💬

"ALTER TABLE ... ADD" - Adding New Columns to Existing Tables in SQL Server
How To Add a New Column to an Existing Table with "ALTER TABLE ... ADD" in SQL Server? If you have an existing table with existing data rows, and want to add a new column to that table, you can use the "ALTER TABLE ... ADD" statement. The tutorial script below shows you a good example: ALTER TABLE t...
2016-11-17, 3153🔥, 0💬

Unicode String Literals in SQL Server Transact-SQL
What are Unicode string literals supported in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Unicode string literals in Transact-SQL are sequences of characters enclosed in single quotes and prefixed with (N) as N'...'. String literals are used to provide values to string variables or table columns like NCHAR(40), NVARCH...
2017-05-05, 3151🔥, 0💬

"FETCH" - Fetching the Next Row from a Cursor in SQL Server
How To Fetch the Next Row from a Cursor with a "FETCH" Statement in SQL Server Transact-SQL? When the result set is ready in a cursor, you can use a FETCH statement to retrieve one row from the result set in the same format as a SELECT statement. The FETCH statement has the following formats: FETCH ...
2016-10-17, 3145🔥, 0💬

"sp_help" - Getting a List of Columns in a View in SQL Server
How To Get a List of Columns in a View using the "sp_help" Stored Procedure in SQL Server? Another way to get a list of columns from a view is to use the "sp_help" stored procedure. "sp_help" returns more than just a list of columns. It returns: the view information, the column information, the iden...
2016-11-05, 3144🔥, 0💬

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