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SQL SERVER – LEN and DATALENGTH of NULL Simple Example

June 12, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL NULL, SQL Scripts
Simple but interesting – In recent survey I found that many developers making this generic mistake. I have seen following code in periodic code review. (The code below is not actual code, it is simple sample code) DECLARE @MyVar VARCHAR(10) SET @MyVar = NULL IF (LEN(@MyVar) = 0) … I…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 T-SQL Paging Query Technique Comparison (OVER and ROW_NUMBER()) – CTE vs. Derived Table

June 11, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Function, SQL Joins, SQL Paging, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I have received few emails and comments about my post SQL SERVER – T-SQL Paging Query Technique Comparison – SQL 2000 vs SQL 2005. The main question was is this can be done using CTE? Absolutely! What about Performance? It is same! Please refer above mentioned article for history of paging.

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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error : An error has occurred while establishing a connect to the server. Solution with Images.

June 10, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Computer Network, SQL Error Messages
While reviewing my my blog search engine terms I find Error 40 is the most common error searched. I have previously wrote blog about how to fix this error here : SQL SERVER – Fix : Error : 40 – could not open a connection to SQL server. Today I…
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SQL SERVER – Spatial Database Definition and Research Documents

June 9, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Spatial Database
Recently I was asked in meeting of SQL SERVER user group, what my opinion about spatial database. I answered from my basic knowledge. Spatial database is like database of space (not the star wars or star trek kind space). SQL Server database can understand the numeric and string values. If…
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SQL SERVER – UDF – Function to Display Current Week Date and Day – Weekly Calendar

June 8, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts
In analytics section of our product I frequently have to display the current week dates with days. Week starts from Sunday. We display the data considering days as column and date and other values in column. If today is Friday June 8, 2007. We need script which can provides days…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 Download New Updated Book On Line (BOL)

June 7, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Download
Book On Line the primary source for help for many developers has been updated. It now includes the updates till SP2 release. I use book on line for accuracy for my definition and information on this blog. Download Book On Line (Update June 4th, 2007) Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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SQL SERVER – 2008 (Katmai) June CTP Released – Improvement Pillars – Diagram

June 7, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
SQL Download
I received quite a few emails in last three days for not mentioning on my blog about SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) CPT June is released. The reason I did not mentioned because I was busy with my mini series SQL SERVER – Database Coding Standards and Guidelines Complete List Download.…
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