When, I first saw this statement a Hindi proverb come to my mind which is “1 teer 2 nishane” . The meaning of this proverb means a single bow which hit two different aim in one shot. So let me explain “Merge” statement in more detail. With the help of this Merge statement we can …
Recently, When we were delivering session on “SQL SERVER” one of the persons asked why we require Aliasing so I thought this might be question in everyone’s mind. So lets start with couple of well know statements then we will see the actual problem where we need it explicitly. There are two type of aliasing …
We always take NULL very lightly. Like if we are designing database then whether it is necessary or not we allow the data field to accept null.We think it will not affect anything. Actually , at some point this is not always true. According to Microsoft NULL is an Unknown value. It is not …
I don’t know why every interviewer’s favorite question “Can we insert record using View ?” If you say Yes/No the interviewer will roaming around like so Can you update record using View? or Can you delete record using view ? I hope everyone who is reading this article will be aware of what is …
Let’s consider a scenario where the end user require a CSV file of all the records in a table then BCP is one of the simplest way. BCP stands for Bulk copy program. By the name you got the feeling of lots of data . Although, there are various options & parameters available with …
It’s almost one month that I didn’t write anything on the blog due to some personal reason. I am really sorry for that. Now , Lets talk about the scenario sometimes we need to generate a report of total sales in particular date range but the condition is you need to show all the …
On last Friday , one of my colleagues had some issue related to accessing of SQL Server instance of database server machine in the office through his machine. I think this is generalized problem and might be faced by many of us. So to begin with default port of SQL SERVER is 1433 , …
In last post, TIP#96 We have configured Database E-mail. Now in this post we will see how to send mail in SQL SERVER. Sometimes we need to send mail for different requirements like 1) Notification mails like data inserted /updated/deleted successfully 2)Send data reports like no of amount earned, failed transaction etc. for this …
Hello friends,Many times we face space issues with our database. To resolve this problem SQL Server 2005 provided one more solution which is VARDECIMAL feature. ** VARDECIMAL feature exist in SQL SERVER’s Developer & Enterprise edition. ** This feature is not available in SQL Server 2005’s Standard edition. I hope by the name it is …