While reading ColdFusion blog of Ben Nadel Getting the Previous Day In ColdFusion, Excluding Saturday And Sunday, I realize that I use similar function on my SQL Server Database. This function excludes the Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), and it gets previous as well as next work day.
SQL SERVER – UDF – Get the Day of the Week Function
The day of the week can be retrieved in SQL Server by using the DatePart function. The value returned by function is between 1 (Sunday) and 7 (Saturday). To convert this to a string representing the day of the week, use a CASE statement. Method 1: Create function running following…
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SQLAuthority News – FQL – Facebook Query Language
I was exploring the new hype today, I found Facebook Developers Documentation very interesting. Facebook API can be queries using FQL – Facebook Query Language, which is similar to SQL.
SQL SERVER – Fix : Error Msg 1813, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Could not open new database ‘yourdatabasename’. CREATE DATABASE is aborted.
Fix : Error Msg 1813, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Could not open new database ‘yourdatabasename’. CREATE DATABASE is aborted. This errors happens when corrupt database log are attempted to attach to new server. Solution of this error is little long and it involves restart of the server. I…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Fix : Error Msg 4214 – Error Msg 3013 – BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup
This is very interesting error as I could not found any documentation on-line. It took me nearly 1 hour to figure out what was creating error.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – SSMS – View/Send Query Results to Text/Grid/Files
Many times I have been asked how to change the result window from Text to Grid and vice versa. There are three different ways to do it. Method 1 : Key-Board Short Cut Results to Text – CTRL + T Results to Grid – CTRL + D Results to File…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SPACE Function Example
A month ago, I wrote about SQL SERVER – TRIM() Function – UDF TRIM() . I was asked in comment if SQL Server has space function? Yes. SELECT SPACE(100) will generate 100 space characters. The use of SPACE() function is demonstrated in BOL very fine. Example from BOL: USE AdventureWorks;…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Restore Database Without or With Backup – Everything About Restore and Backup
The questions I received in last two weeks: “I do not have backup, is it possible to restore database to previous state?” “How can restore the database without using backup file?” “I accidentally deleted tables in my database, how can I revert back?” “How to revert the changes, I have…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – CASE Statement in ORDER BY Clause – ORDER BY using Variable
This article is as per request from Application Development Team Leader of my company. His team encountered code where application was preparing string for ORDER BY clause of SELECT statement. Application was passing this string as variable to Stored Procedure (SP) and SP was using EXEC to execute the SQL…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Microsoft White Papers – Analysis Services Query Best Practices – Partial Database Availability
Microsoft TechNet frequently releases White Papers on SQL Server Technology. I have read the following two white papers recently. The summary of its content is here. Analysis Services Query Performance Top 10 Best Practices Optimize cube and measure group design Define effective aggregations Use partitions Write efficient MDX Use the…
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