There are many different datetime related functions such as DAY, MONTH, YEAR, DATEDIFF, etc available in SQL Server. For example, YEAR function can be used to extract year value from a date.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – SQL Server Stored Procedure and Unexpected Results
The matter of the fact when I discovered this puzzle related to the stored procedure and unexpected results, I was very much surprised as well.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – How Does Table Qualifier Work in INSERT Statement?
Today’s puzzle is very interesting and I am confident that you will find that very interesting. Today’s puzzle is about Table Qualifier. I have not talked about this subject on my blog for a while, and I feel confident that you will like it very much.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Get the First Name From Full Name Without CHARINDEX
Recently I have been engaged with a customer where they were having a performance issue. They have engaged me via my offering Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. While doing that, they asked me to write a better way to write a query. While I have given some suggestions and asked them to check, this looks like a nice puzzle to ask. So here we go to see the puzzle – Get the First Name From Full Name Without CHARINDEX.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Strange Behavior With Extra Comma in Create Table Statement
Today’s puzzle is very interesting and my favorite puzzle to ask right at the beginning of the presentation. This puzzle helps to break the ice between audience while people are still settling in the audience. Let us see my favorite puzzle of Strange Behavior With Extra Comma in Create Table Statement.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Solution – Why Does UNION ALL Work but UNION Produces Error?
Last week, I asked a very simple puzzle about SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Does UNION ALL Work but UNION Produces Error?. The puzzle was very simple and interesting both together. I got quite a few valid answers to the puzzle so far. You may check original puzzle post to see all the valid answers. In this blog post we will quickly discuss the answer of our puzzle.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Does UNION ALL Work but UNION Produces Error?
You already know what UNION and UNION ALL operators do. They combine datasets while UNION keeps the distinct data, UNION ALL will retain all the data. You can read more about that over here: SQL SERVER – Difference Between Union vs. Union All – Optimal Performance Comparison. Let us see why does anyone all work, but union produces error in this puzzle.