My friend sent me this in an email two days ago as he wanted me to have SQLAuthority T-Shirt with this image. I found it funny, I am not sure if I will have this on SQLAuthority T-Shirts. Please pay attention to the options available to select. I spend more than 3 hours to find the original source as my friend did not remember the source. Let’s see some SQL Humor here:
SQL SERVER – Top 15 free SQL Injection Scanners – Link to Security Hacks
SQL injection is a technique for exploiting web applications that use client-supplied data in SQL queries, but without first stripping potentially harmful characters. Checking for SQL Injection vulnerabilities involves auditing your web applications and the best way to do it is by using automated SQL Injection Scanners. Security-Hacks.com compiled a…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – 2005 Build List Link
What is Build List? All SQL Server has build list, this is incremental list of numbers which indicates which version SQL Server is running and what are its compatibility, patches etc. Regular Columnist Steve Jones of SQL Server Central has created build list. It is updated and informative. Microsoft Hot…
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SQL SERVER – SQL Code Formatting Tools
SQL Code Formatting is very important. Every SQL Server DBA has its own preference about formatting. I like to format all keywords to uppercase. Following are two online tools, which formats SQL Code very good. I tested following script with those tools and I found two of the tools worth mentioning here.
SQL SERVER – Script/Function to Find Last Day of Month
Following query will find the last day of the month. Query also take care of Leap Year. Script: DECLARE @date DATETIME SET @date='2008-02-03' SELECT DATEADD(dd, -DAY(DATEADD(m,1,@date)), DATEADD(m,1,@date)) AS LastDayOfMonth GO DECLARE @date DATETIME SET @date='2007-02-03' SELECT DATEADD(dd, -DAY(DATEADD(m,1,@date)), DATEADD(m,1,@date)) AS LastDayOfMonth GO ResultSet: LastDayOfMonth ----------------------- 2008-02-29 00:00:00.000 (1 row(s) affected)…
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SQL SERVER – ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII Conversion
In this blog post we will see how we can convert ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII. In simple words, we will see the decimal and ASCII conversion.
SQL SERVER – Math Functions Available in SQL Server
The large majority of math functions is specific to applications using trigonometry, calculus, and geometry. This is very important and it is very difficult to have all of them together at place.
SQL SERVER – 2005 Understanding Trigger Recursion and Nesting with examples
Trigger events can be fired within another trigger action. One Trigger execution can trigger even on another table or same table. This trigger is called NESTED TRIGGER or RECURSIVE TRIGGER. Nested triggers SQL Server supports the nesting of triggers up to a maximum of 32 levels. Nesting means that when…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 – SSMS Change T-SQL Batch Separator
I recently received one big file with many T-SQL batches. It was a very big file and I was asked that this file was tested many times and it can run one transaction. I noticed the separator of the batches is not GO but it was EndBatch. I have followed two options to run the whole batch in one transaction. Let us learn how to change T-SQL Batch Separator.
SQLAuthority News – Limited Edition T-Shirts Arrived
I have received quite a few request for SQLAuthority.com T-shirts. Every day I receive lots of emails and suggestions. Many readers have great suggestions and have helped to improve content. First of all I express my gratitude to all of you. Few of my loyal and enthusiastic readers will receive…
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