SQL SERVER – Wrap SQL Code in SSMS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #038 – Video

Every developer has a different habit. Some like to format the functions in upper case and some wants it in lower case. I often see developers listing the columns in SELECT clause in a different way. I have my own preference but I do respect the other developer’s preference as…
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SQL SERVER – Fix: Error: The conversion returned status value 2 and status text “The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.”. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

Here is the question received from user – the email was long and had multiple request from reader to resolve this error. Scenario: The user was trying to import data from Excel to tables in SQL Server Database. Every time he attempted to import the data he faced following error.…
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SQL SERVER – Creating Database with Different Collation on Server

I recently came across an organization who had very interesting infrastructure setup. Their business domains is analytics. They process millions of the records and how many clients who have case sensitive tags on their server which they want to measure. However, there are many places they do not want to care about case sensitivity. They had peta bytes of the data on their server. Let us learn about Creating Database with Different Collation on Server.

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