I will be speaking at C-Sharp Corner Annual Conference 2014 – April 11-13 – Delhi. I am extremely excited and fortunate with the opportunity to present a technical session at the North India’s largest conference.
SQL SERVER – Fix – Error 1759 Computed column in table is not allowed to be used in another computed-column definition
This is a very common error with beginning developers when they start working with computed columns. When a new developer finds a joy of computed column, it is very natural to use the same computed column for other columns. However, a computed column cannot be used in another computed column…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Unable to ALTER Computed Column in SQL Server – How to ALTER Computed Column
A Very common question, I often receive is Q: “How to ALTER computed columns?” A: There is NO way to alter computed column. You will have to drop and recreate it. Here is a demonstration of it. If you try to alter the computed column it will throw following error.…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Finding Last Backup Time for All Database – Last Full, Differential and Log Backup
About four years ago, I wrote a blog post where I posted a script about finding backup time for all the databases. You can see the blog post over here SQL SERVER – Finding Last Backup Time for All Database. It has been a very popular script. However, this script was just giving details about last full backup time. SQL Expert Sravani has posted a fantastic script which also displays last full, differential and log backup for the database.
SQL SERVER – Say No to DB Data Roles – SQL Security – Notes from the Field #022
[Note from Pinal]: This is a 22nd episode of Notes from the Field series. Security is very important and we all realize that. However, when it is about implementing the security, we all are not sure what is the right path to take. If we do not have enough knowledge, we can damage ourself only. DB Data Roles are very similar concept, when implemented poorly it can compromise your server security.
Developer – How To Market Yourself as a Software Developer
“Everybody wants to make money and build a successful environment around and it is a universal truth my friend”, John mentioned to me while we were talking on Skype earlier this year. Conversation: John and Pinal John is the founder of simpleprogrammer.com and a very close friend of mine. We…
Read MoreMySQL – List User Defined Tables – Two Methods
There are different methods to list out user defined tables in MySQL. We will see two methods in this post.
Let us create the following tables in the database named Test
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