I have written many articles about renaming a table, columns, and procedures SQL SERVER – How to Rename a Column Name or Table Name, here I found something interesting about renaming the stored procedures and felt like sharing it with you all. Let us learn about how renaming stored procedure does not update sys.procedures.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Computed Columns Datatype Explanation
Yesterday I wrote post about SQL SERVER – Get Answer in Float When Dividing of Two Integer. I received excellent comment from SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian. Jacob has clarified the concept which I was trying to convey. He is famous for his “behind the scene insight“. When I read…
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Many times we have requirements of some calculations amongst different fields in Tables. One of the software developers here was trying to calculate some fields having integer values and divide it which gave incorrect results in integer where accurate results including decimals was expected. Something as follows, Example, USE [AdventureWorks]…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Guidelines and Coding Standards Complete List Download
Coding standards and guidelines are very important for any developer on the path to a successful career. A coding standard is a set of guidelines, rules and regulations on how to write code. Coding standards should be flexible enough or should take care of the situation where they should not prevent best practices for coding. They are basically the guidelines that one should follow for better understanding.
SQL SERVER – Guidelines and Coding Standards Part – 2
To express apostrophe within a string, nest single quotes (two single quotes). Example: SET @sExample = 'SQL''s Authority' When working with branch conditions or complicated expressions, use parenthesis to increase readability. IF ((SELECT 1 FROM TableName WHERE 1=2) ISNULL) To mark a single line as comment use (–) before the statement.…
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Use “Pascal” notation for SQL server Objects Like Tables, Views, Stored Procedures. Also tables and views should have ending “s”. Example: UserDetails Emails If you have big subset of table group than it makes sense to give prefix for this table group. Prefix should be separated by _. Example: Page_…
Read MoreSQLAuthority Author Visit – Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting – September 2008
On September 20, 2008 was one of the best day so far for Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting. We had two very interesting sessions by two SQL Server MVPs. SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian had began the meeting with very interesting introduction note. Along with many news Usergroup President…
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