Working with MySQL and SQL Server together has its own sets of fun. Here is one example how you can implement paging in MySQL or SQL Server. Both of them have LIMIT and OFFSET mechanism. You can Skip few rows and return few rows from the sorted result set with the help of OFFSET keywords. Let us see how we can do that quickly in the both of the database. We will use AdventureWorks sample database for SQL Server and sakila sample database for MySQL.
SQL SERVER – MySQL – PostgreSQL – How to Concat Strings?
As a regular reader, you may know that I now a days work with MySQL and SQL Server both at the same time. Working with two different products have changed quite a few things in how I write code. Here is an example of that – I changed myself about how I CONCAT strings.
Developer – 10 Phrases Developer Use Too Often
If you are working in IT industry, you must encounter software developer around every corner of the office. I am developer myself and pretty much my all friends are developers too. I have created a list of phrases which developer use often. Feel free to add one of yours as a comment as well.
MySQL – How to Change Delimiter in MySQL – Supporting GO Keyword of SQL Server in MySQL
I work with both the technologies – SQL Server and MySQL and I enjoy working with both of them. In industry you will find few people talking about how one technology is better than other but the reality is that both of them have their greater share. Sometimes when I…
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SQL SERVER – Roundup Post – Notes from the Field – Year 2013 – Performance Tuning and Database Health
One of the most appreciated and loved the series on SQLAuthority.com is Notes from the Field. I often received how did I come up with the idea behind it. Here is the story for the same. Inceptions of Notes from the Field There are two aspects of any technology…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Overall SQL Server Performance – Not Just Query Performance – Notes from the Field #008
[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. When SQL Server is slow we think we can improve the performance of the server by just increasing the performance of queries. However, sometimes the queries are already doing good and there is no increase in…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Learning More About SQL Wait Stats
I was recently visiting my customer for my day job in Delhi. During the meeting, I had a great time to meet a few of the technical domain experts of the leading organization. We discussed lots of different things while we were there and much of the conversation was surrounding…
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