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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, 2605🔥, 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, 2597🔥, 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, 2595🔥, 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, 2593🔥, 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, 2585🔥, 0💬

Adding Address Records into AdventureWorksLT in SQL Server
How to add an address record into AdventureWorksLT in SQL Server? To find out if we can add data into AdventureWorksLT or not, you can try to add an address record into the "SalesLT.Address" in AdventureWorksLT: USE AdventureWorksLT GO INSERT SalesLT.Address (AddressLine1, City, StateProvince, Count...
2016-12-02, 2585🔥, 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, 2584🔥, 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, 2582🔥, 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, 2578🔥, 0💬

"CREATE LOGIN" - Creating a New Login Name in SQL Server
How To Create a New Login Name in SQL Server in SQL Server? In previous tutorials, it is assumed that you use the "sa" (System Administrator) login name to connect to your SQL Server. But that is not what a normal developer uses to connect to the server, since "sa" has the ALL permissions granted. Y...
2016-10-20, 2575🔥, 0💬

Configuring ODBC DSN with Different Port Numbers
How To Configure ODBC DSN with Different Port Numbers? If your SQL Server is not using the default port number, like 1269, you need to set the port number to the correct value during the ODBC DSN creation process, as show in this tutorial: 1. Start ODBC Data Source Administrator and click System DSN...
2024-07-25, 2569🔥, 0💬

Database in Use When Dropping a Database in SQL Server
Why I am getting this error when dropping a database in SQL Server? If you are trying to drop a database that is in use, you will get an error message like this: 'Cannot drop database "FyiCenterData" because it is currently in use.' Before dropping a database, you must stop all client sessions using...
2016-11-24, 2567🔥, 0💬

odbc_exec() - Executing SQL Statements
How To Execute a SQL Statement using odbc_exec()? Once you have created an ODBC connection object, you can use the odbc_exec() function to send a SQL statement to the SQL Server linked to the connection object for execution. Here is a simple PHP script that creates a new schema and a new table: &...
2024-06-30, 2565🔥, 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, 2564🔥, 0💬

What Are NULL Values in SQL Server
What Are NULL Values in SQL Server Transact-SQL? A NULL value is a special value that represents an unknown value. SQL Server supports NULL values with the following features: All data types used for table columns support NULL values. In another word, NULL values can be stored in database tables. In...
2017-02-05, 2561🔥, 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, 2560🔥, 0💬

Creating User Defined Functions with Parameters in SQL Server
How To Create User Defined Functions with Parameters in SQL Server Transact-SQL? Very often, you need to create a function with one or more parameters so that the function can be more generic. You only supply values to those parameters at the time of executing the function. User defined functions wi...
2016-12-18, 2560🔥, 0💬

Assigning New Column Names in a View in SQL Server
How To Assign New Column Names in a View in SQL Server? By default, column names in a view are provided by the underlying SELECT statement. But sometimes, the underlying SELECT statement can not provide names for output columns that specified as expressions with functions and operations. In this cas...
2016-11-03, 2557🔥, 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, 2556🔥, 0💬

SP_HELP - Viewing Existing Indexes on an Given Table in SQL Server
How To View Existing Indexes on an Given Table using SP_HELP in SQL Server? If you want to know how many indexes have been defined for a given table, you can use the SP_HELP built-in stored procedure in the following syntax: EXEC SP_HELP table_name -- Returns all database objects related the given t...
2016-11-15, 2555🔥, 0💬

Character String Functions Supported by SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server
What Are the Character String Functions Supported by SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server Transact-SQL? SQL Server 2005 supports 23 character string functions: ASCII(char) - Returning the code value of a non-Unicode character. CHAR(int) - Returning the non-Unicode character of a code value. CHARINDEX(word,...
2017-03-07, 2553🔥, 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, 2552🔥, 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, 2550🔥, 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, 2548🔥, 0💬

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