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Suser_Sname() - Sever Level Security Principal of Your Session in SQL Server
What Is the Security Principal at the Server Level That Represents Your Session in SQL Server? Security principal identifies who you are when you interact with the SQL Server. What can do you at the server level solely depends on the security principal that represents you. So it is very important to...
2016-10-20, 3269🔥, 0💬

Incrementing or Decrementing Parts of DATETIME Values in SQL Server
How To Increment or Decrement Parts of DATETIME Values in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you want to increment or decrement one part of a date and time value, you can use the DATEADD() function in the following format: DATEADD(datepart, number, date) returns DATETIME: "date" - the input date "number" -...
2017-02-20, 3266🔥, 0💬

"sys.columns" - Getting a List of Columns in a View in SQL Server
How To Get a List of Columns in a View using "sys.columns" in SQL Server? If you have an existing view, but you don't remember what are the columns defined in the view, you can use the "sys.columns" system view to get a list of all columns of all views in the current database. In order to a list of ...
2016-11-05, 3259🔥, 0💬

sys.schemas - Listing All Schemas in a Database in SQL Server
How To List All Schemas in a Database in SQL Server? If you want see all existing schemas in the current database, you can use view sys.schemas as shown in the example below: USE FyiCenterData; GO SELECT * FROM sys.schemas; GO name schema_id principal_id -------------------- ----------- ------------...
2016-10-22, 3253🔥, 0💬

Overflow and Rounding on NUMERIC Values in SQL Server Transact-SQL
How Extra Digits Are Handled with NUMERIC Data Type Literals in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Exact numeric data types defined with NUMERIC(p,s) has two limits defined by two parameters: p (precision) and s (scale): Maximum number of digits of the integer part (digits before the decimal point) is defined...
2017-04-19, 3252🔥, 0💬

Sample Databases Are Provided by Microsoft in SQL Server
What Sample Scripts and Sample Databases Are Provided by Microsoft in SQL Server? In order to help you to learn SQL Server, Microsoft provides several free sample scripts and sample databases. SqlServerSamples.msi - 25,469 KB: Sample scripts. AdventureWorksDB.msi - 28,053 KB: Sample OLTP database: A...
2016-12-04, 3251🔥, 0💬

Using User Defined Functions in SQL Server Transact-SQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Using User Defined Functions in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Using User Defined Functions in SQL Server Transact-SQL. Clear answers are provided wit...
2016-12-28, 3247🔥, 0💬

Types of Commands Executed in SQL*Plus in Oracle
What Types of Commands Can Be Executed in SQL*Plus in Oracle? There are 4 types of commands you can run at the SQL*Plus command line prompt: 1. SQL commands - Standard SQL statements to be executed on target database on the Oracle server. For example: "SELECT * FROM fyi_faq;" is a SQL command. 2. PL...
2020-08-13, 3246🔥, 0💬

ALTER INDEX - Rename an Index in Oracle
How To Rename an Index in Oracle? Let's say you have an existing index, and you don't like its name anymore for some reason, you can rename it with the ALTER INDEX ... RENAME TO statement. Here is an example script on how to rename an index: CREATE TABLE student (id NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY, first_name...
2020-02-20, 3245🔥, 0💬

Change SQL*Plus System Settings in Oracle
How To Change SQL*Plus System Settings in Oracle? SQL*Plus environment is controlled a big list of SQL*Plus system settings. You can change them by using the SET command as shown in the following list: SET AUTOCOMMIT OFF - Turns off the auto-commit feature. SET FEEDBACK OFF - Stops displaying the "2...
2020-07-22, 3244🔥, 0💬

Creating Multi-Statement Table-Value Functions in SQL Server
How To Create an Multi-Statement Table-Valued Function in SQL Server Transact-SQL? To create a multi-statement table-valued function, you need to define a temporary table as the returning table in the function. INSERT statements should be used to insert data into the returning table. The tutorial ex...
2016-10-17, 3242🔥, 0💬

Managing Oracle User Accounts, Schema and Privileges
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Managing Oracle User Accounts, Schema and Privileges? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Managing Oracle User Accounts, Schema and Privileges. Clear answers are provided with tuto...
2019-07-30, 3227🔥, 0💬

"sp_columns" - Getting a List of Columns in a View in SQL Server
How To Get a List of Columns in a View using the "sp_columns" Stored Procedure in SQL Server? If you have an existing table, but you don't remember what are the columns defined in the view, you can use the "sp_columns" stored procedure to get a list of all columns of the specified view. The followin...
2016-11-05, 3225🔥, 0💬

Running Queries with 'sqlcmd' Tool in SQL Server
How to run Queries with "sqlcmd" tool in SQL Server? "sqlcmd" is a client tool that you can use to interact SQL server. You can follow the tutorial below to run queries on the local SQL Server 2005 Express. 1. Open a command window and enter the following command to start "sqlcmd" and run a simple q...
2016-12-04, 3219🔥, 0💬

Verify 10g XE Server Installation in Oracle
How To Check Your Oracle Database 10g XE Installation in Oracle? If you want to check your fresh installation of 10g Express Edition without using any special client programs, you can use a Web browser with this address, http://localhost:8080/apex/. You will see the login page. Enter SYSTEM as the u...
2020-05-05, 3213🔥, 0💬

Error: Exact Fetch Returns More Rows in Oracle
Can You Assign Multiple Query Result Rows To a Variable in Oracle? You can use "SELECT ... INTO variable" to assign query results to variables. But what happens if the SELECT statements return multiple rows? The answer is that you will get a run time error. The following tutorial exercise shows this...
2018-09-24, 3213🔥, 0💬

"FULL OUTER JOIN ... ON" - Writing Queries with Full Outer Joins in SQL Server
How To Write a Query with a Full Outer Join in SQL Server? If you want to query from two tables with a full outer join, you can use the FULL OUTER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with a full outer join from two tables: fyi_links and fyi_rates. The join condi...
2016-10-29, 3212🔥, 0💬

Create a New Table with SELECT Statements in Oracle
How To Create a New Table by Selecting Rows from Another Table in Oracle? Let's say you have a table with many data rows, now you want to create a backup copy of this table of all rows or a subset of them, you can use the CREATE TABLE...AS SELECT statement to do this. Here is an example script: &...
2020-02-29, 3202🔥, 0💬

"ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN" - Deleting Existing Columns in SQL Server
How To Delete an Existing Column in a Table with "ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN" in SQL Server? If you have an existing column in a table and you do not need that column any more, you can delete it with "ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN" statement. Here is a tutorial script to delete an existing column: AL...
2016-11-17, 3202🔥, 0💬

Define DSN with ODBC Manager in Oracle
How To Define a Data Source Name (DSN) in ODBC Manager in Oracle? DSN (Data Source Name) is an ODBC connection identifier for Windows applications. Here is how you can define a DSN on your Windows system: Go to Control Panel. Go to Administrative Tools. Run Data Sources (ODBC). Go to System DSN tab....
2016-10-15, 3195🔥, 0💬

Change System Global Area (SGA) in Oracle
How To Change System Global Area (SGA) in Oracle? Your 10g XE server has a default setting for System Global Area (SGA) of 140MB. The SGA size can be changed to a new value depending on how many concurrent sessions connecting to your server. If you are running this server just for yourself to improv...
2020-09-30, 3194🔥, 0💬

"DECLARE ... CURSOR" - Declaring Cursor Objects in SQL Server
How To Declare a Cursor with "DECLARE ... CURSOR" in SQL Server Transact-SQL? If you want to use a cursor to represent the result set of a query, you need to define a cursor name with a SELECT sub-statement using the "DECLARE ... CURSOR" statement using the following syntax format: DECLARE cursor_na...
2016-10-17, 3194🔥, 0💬

SQL*Plus Environment Variables in Oracle
What Are SQL*Plus Environment Variables in Oracle? Behaviors of SQL*Plus are also controlled a some environment variables predefined on the local operating system. Here are some commonly used SQL*Plus environment variables: ORACLE_HOME - The home directory where your Oracle client application is ins...
2020-07-22, 3185🔥, 0💬

Transaction Isolation Levels in MySQL
What Are Transaction Isolation Levels in MySQL? There are 4 transaction isolation levels defined by SQL-1992 standard: READ UNCOMMITTED - The SELECT statements in one transaction will read uncommitted data changes from transactions of all connected sessions. In this level, "dirty read" could happen,...
2017-08-03, 3181🔥, 0💬

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