This article explores the xp_readerrorlog command for reading SQL Server error logs using T-SQL.
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SQL OFFSET FETCH Feature: Loading Large Volumes of Data Using Limited Resources with SSIS
November 14, 2019In this article, we illustrate how to use the OFFSET FETCH feature as a solution for loading large volumes of data from a relational database using a machine with limited memory and preventing an out of memory exception. We describe how to load data in batches to avoid placing a large amount of data into memory.
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SQL DDL: Getting started with SQL DDL commands in SQL Server
November 8, 2019This article explains SQL DDL commands in Microsoft SQL Server using a few simple examples.
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Overview of DBCC INPUTBUFFER and sys.dm_exec_input_buffer DMF
November 7, 2019This article gives an overview of the DBCC INPUTBUFFER and its replacement sys.dm_exec_input_buffer system dynamic management function .
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SQL While loop: Understanding While loops in SQL Server
November 6, 2019The SQL While loop is used to repeatedly execute a certain piece of SQL script.
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SQL Carriage Returns or Tabs in SQL Server strings
November 4, 2019This article explores inserting SQL carriage return AKA line break and tab in a string along with SSMS behavior while copying data to excel, notepad.
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SQL WHILE loop with simple examples
October 25, 2019SQL WHILE loop provides us with the advantage to execute the SQL statement(s) repeatedly until the specified condition result turn out to be false.
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Overview of the Collate SQL command
October 22, 2019In this article, we will review the Collate SQL command. First, let us see what collation in the SQL Server is.
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Methods to avoid the SQL divide by zero error
October 21, 2019This article explores the SQL divide by zero error and various methods for eliminating this.
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SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER settings in SQL Server
October 17, 2019In this article, we will explore QUOTED_IDENTIFIER behavior, default value, and comparison with a different value. Set options at connection level control query behavior in SQL Server. The query might behave differently with different set options and their values.
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SQL multiple joins for beginners with examples
October 16, 2019In this article, we will learn the SQL multiple joins concept and reinforce our learnings with pretty simple examples, which are explained with illustrations. In relational databases, data is stored in tables. Without a doubt, and most of the time, we need a result set that is formed combining data from several tables. The joins allow us to combine data from two or more tables so that we are able to join data of the tables so that we can easily retrieve data from multiple tables. You might ask yourself how many different types of join exist in SQL Server. The answer is there are four main types of joins that exist in SQL Server. First of all, we will briefly describe them using Venn diagram illustrations:
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An overview of the SQL table variable
October 16, 2019This article explores the SQL Table variables and their usage using different examples.
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SQL Lag function overview and examples
October 15, 2019In the article SQL Server Lead function overview and examples, we explored Lead function for performing computational operations on data. This article gives an overview of the SQL Lag function and its comparison with the SQL Lead function.
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A Walkthrough of SQL Schema
October 9, 2019This article gives an overview of SQL Schema and its usage in SQL Server.
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How to rename tables in SQL Server with the sp_rename command
October 7, 2019In this article, we will learn to rename tables in SQL Server. sp_rename is a built-in stored procedure which helps to rename user tables in the SQL Server. During the software development life cycle, we might be faced with various scenarios that required to rename the existing tables in the database. For example, the tables which are created in the SQL Server might be needed to be renamed, because of the software version upgrades, bug fixing or other various development requirements. These and similar reasons can make renaming tables important. So, in this article, we will particularly focus on how to rename the tables in SQL Server.
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Database Level DDL Triggers for Views, Procedures and Functions
October 4, 2019In this article, we will un-riddle the ways to make use of the data definition language trigger (DDL Trigger), in order to monitor the progressions made to the database programming objects, View, Procedure or Function with a few real-time examples.
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SQL Server PRINT and SQL Server RAISERROR statements
October 2, 2019This article explores the SQL Server PRINT statements, and its alternative SQL Server RAISEERROR statements to print messages in a query.
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Truncate Table Operations in SQL Server
September 25, 2019Truncating a table is removing all the records in an entire table or a table partition. TRUNCATE table is functionally similar to DELETE table with no WHERE clause. However, TRUNCATE table is much faster than DELETE with respect to the time and the resource consumptions which we will look at in this article. TRUNCATE statement removes the data by de-allocating the data pages in the table data. This means that TRUNCATE is similar to drop and re-create the table. Also, it records only the page de-allocations in the transaction log, not the row-wise as in DELETE statement.
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T-SQL RegEx commands in SQL Server
September 17, 2019This article explores T-SQL RegEx commands in SQL Server for performing data search using various conditions.
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Overview of SQL LOWER and SQL UPPER functions
September 10, 2019This article gives an overview of SQL UPPER function and SQL LOWER function to convert the character case as uppercase and lowercase respectively.
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Overview of the SQL DELETE Column from an existing table operation
September 6, 2019In this article, we will explore the process of SQL Delete column from an existing table. We will also understand the impact of removing a column with defined constraints and objects on it.
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Different ways to SQL delete duplicate rows from a SQL Table
August 30, 2019This article explains the process of performing SQL delete activity for duplicate rows from a SQL table.
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SET NOCOUNT ON statement usage and performance benefits in SQL Server
August 26, 2019Have you ever noticed SET NOCOUNT ON statement in T-SQL statements or stored procedures in SQL Server? I have seen developers not using this set statement due to not knowing it.
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sp_updatestats overview and usage
August 20, 2019In this article, we will learn usage details of the sp_updatestats built-in store procedure which helps to update all statistics in a SQL Server database. First of all, we will take a glance at the statistics concept in SQL Server.
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Dynamic SQL in SQL Server
August 15, 2019In this article, we will review how to construct and execute dynamic SQL statements in SQL Server with different examples.
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