Simple and clean method to escape special characters using STRING_ESCAPE system function. STRING_ESCAPE function was introduced in SQL 2016. Here we will see how to use it to escape dome of the special characters.
Sometimes we need to get the day of week in name or number. SQL Server has a couple of inbuilt functions to get the day of week from the given date. To get the name of the day of week,…
Unable to change SQL Server database compatibility level from management studio. Because the compatibility level field in the database properties window is disabled and grayed out.
How to copy tables from one database to another database In SQL Server? Here is a quick tip to copy a table along with it’s table structure from one SQL Server database to another database on the same server.
How to rollback transaction on error in SQL Server stored procedure? Example for including transaction in TRY – CATCH block to rollback a transaction on any error occurred in the stored procedure.
How will you return error message in SQL Server stored procedure? Capturing the exception occurred in a stored procedure and returning the error message to the calling application is important in SQL Server programming. Here is the method to return the error message from a stored procedure.
How to create an unique constraint that allow multiple nulls? Using filtered index you can create unique constraint with multiple nulls. Using this you can store any number for NULL in a unique constraint column
Quick methods to list all foreign keys referencing a table in SQL Server using execution of simple TSQL scripts and SSMS GUI. Ways to identify all the tables referencing a table with foreign key constraint
Adding or inserting Inserting Line Break or Carriage Return or Tab to a string in SQL Server. Quick examples for adding special characters like Line Break, Carriage Return and Tab to strings.
How to do pagination of results in SQL Server In and efficient way? Best way to paginate results in SQL Server to improve performance of the application.
How to get date part alone from DateTime and DateTime2 data types in SQL Server? Here are few of the techniques to get date from DateTime column.
What is SQL Operations Studio? What are the salient features of SQL Ops Studio? Advantages and disadvantages of SQLOPS over SSMS.
How to drop table if it exists in SQL Server? How to drop stored procedure if it exists? How to drop function if it exists? Using DROP IF EXISTS.
Concatenate multiple rows into single string in SQL Server using STRING_AGG. New function STRING_AGG in SQL Server 2017 to concatinate rows of data.
TRANSLATE() is a string function introduced in SQL Server 2017. Using TRANSLATE is simple and straightforward compared to REPLACE function.
CONCAT_WS() is a new function introduced in SQL Server 2017. Here is the details on using CONCAT_WS() to concatenating strings with separator.
How to generate row number without using ORDER By clause in SQL Server. Simple technique to override the sequence ordering while using ROW_NUMEBR() function
TRIM() Function In SQL Server 2017 and equivalent custom made TRIM UDF in 2016 and older versions ti trim the spaces at the starting and ending of a string.
Difference between union and union all. Performance comparison of union vs union all and identifying the best one to use and the scenarios to use them.
Similarities, differences usage of char vs varchar. Differences and similarities between char and varchar data types In SQL Server.
