I was thinking about DATE and TIME datatypes in SQL Server 2008. I earlier wrote about the about best practices of the same. Recently I had written one of the scripts written for SQL Server 2008 had to run on SQL Server 2005 (don’t ask me why!), I had to convert the DATE and TIME datatypes to DATETIME. Let me run a quick demo for the same.
SQLAuthority News – SQL Server Technology Evangelists and Evangelism
This is the exact conversation that I had with three people during the recent SQL Server Public Training. Person 1: “Are you an SQL Server Evangelist?” Pinal : “No, but Vinod Kumar is.” Person 1: “Who are you?” Person 2: “He is Pinal, haha!” Person 1: “I know that, but…
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Just a note for everybody who is from India and want to win FREE Office License, participate in very easy contest here. SQLAuthority News – Virtual Launch Event for Office 2010 – Contest – Win MS Office License Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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SQL Server and SQL Azure are two Microsoft Products which goes almost together. There are plenty of misconceptions about SQL Azure. I have seen enough developers not planning for SQL Azure because they are not sure what exactly they are getting into. Some are confused thinking Azure is not powerful…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 – PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010
Microsoft has really and truly created some buzz for PowerPivot. I have been asked to show the demo of Powerpivot in recent time even when I am doing relational database training. Attached is the few details where everyone can download PowerPivot and use the same. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Check the Isolation Level with DBCC useroptions
In recent consultancy project coordinator asked me – “can you tell me what is the isolation level for this database?” I have worked with different isolation levels but have not ever queried database for the same. I quickly looked up bookonline and found out the DBCC command which can give…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Virtual Launch Event for Office 2010 – Contest – Win MS Office License
Office products are integral products of any PC. I accept that without Office Suites, I can not survive or make enough leaving. I am blogger and use word to create my blogs. I am SQL Server Trainer and I use PowerPoint as my presentation tool. I am SQL Server consultant…
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