How many of us use some sort of date or datetime function when working with SQL Server? I cannot think of a single developer who would ever say they don’t work with datetime conversions in their application. Almost every application needs some manipulation of datetime datatypes. There are a number of pitfalls that can get into which we might not be aware. Here is a simple blog: Quiz with DATEADD Function that I would love to hear your views on what the output would be:
SQL SERVER – Installation Error – INSTALLSHAREDDIR parameter is not valid because this directory is compressed or is in a compressed directory
One of my blog reader contacted me for assistance. Here is his email: Hello Pinal, I am trying to install SQL Server on my laptop but getting below errors: SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.DirectoryAttributesMissmatch: Folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server has an unsupported attribute (Compressed) set. Please resolve this issue by removing the unsupported attribute…
Read MoreInterview Question of the Week #007 – How to Reindex Every Table of the Database?
Some questions are extremely popular questions and they never get old. Here is one such question which I see very often asked to DBAs in their early career. Question: How to re-index every table of the database? Answer: Well, The answer of this question can be only given in the form of the…
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SQL SERVER – Msg 8152, Level 16, State 14 – String or Binary Data Would be Truncated
Earlier this week, I have blogged about how to suppress Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation SQL SERVER – Warning: Null value is Eliminated by an Aggregate or Other SET Operation. Let us learn about the error STring or Binary Data would be truncated.Â
SQL SERVER – Warning: Null value is Eliminated by an Aggregate or Other SET Operation
Working with NULL’s are always a challenge – not many developers understand how NULL works sometimes. In a related note, long back I wrote below blog in which I explained two set options Quoted Identifier and ANSI NULL. SQL SERVER – QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON/OFF and ANSI_NULL ON/OFF Explanation In future blogs,…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – The Basics of the Execute Package Task – Notes from the Field #067
[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS) is one of the most key essential part of the entire Business Intelligence (BI) story. It is a platform for data integration and workflow applications. In this episode of the Notes from the…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Script to Find Leap Year
A leap year has 366 days. A leap year has 29 days for February month. Suppose you want to find if year is Leap year or not, you can use many methods. But this is one of the simplest methods. In our example I have passed the year 2000 as…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Error: Fix for Error Msg 3906 – Failed to update database because the database is read-only
Some error messages are a great source of troubleshooting when things go wrong. I always request my blog readers to read what the error messages are conveying. Most of the solutions are very much documented as part of the message. I must agree that over the years the error messages…
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SQL SERVER – Viewing User Configurable Info in SQL Server
Most of the blog post as I say is revisiting something I wrote a while back in this blog. Recently one my blog readers asked me about user defined counters and he seems to have bumped into the blog: How to use Procedure sp_user_counter1 to sp_user_counter10 and was thinking if…
Read MoreInterview Question of the Week #006 – Is Shrinking Database Good or Bad?
Here is the most debated Interview Question – Is Shrinking Database Good or Bad? I will try to answer this in a single statement – “Shrinking Database is bad practice for performance as it increases fragmentation. It should be used in rare cases of running out of space on drive.” I believe above…
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