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May20

SQL SERVER – SQL Code Formatting Tools

Pinal Dave

SQL

File format, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Utility

SQL Code Formatting is very important. Every SQL Server DBA has its own preference about formatting. I like to format all keywords to uppercase. Following are two online tools, which formats SQL Code very good. I tested following script with those tools and I found two of the tools worth mentioning here.

May20

SQL SERVER – Script/Function to Find Last Day of Month

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Utility

Following query will find the last day of the month. Query also take care of Leap Year. Script: DECLARE @date DATETIME SET @date='2008-02-03' SELECT DATEADD(dd, -DAY(DATEADD(m,1,@date)), DATEADD(m,1,@date)) AS LastDayOfMonth GO DECLARE @date DATETIME SET @date='2007-02-03' SELECT DATEADD(dd, -DAY(DATEADD(m,1,@date)), DATEADD(m,1,@date)) AS LastDayOfMonth GO ResultSet: LastDayOfMonth ----------------------- 2008-02-29 00:00:00.000 (1 row(s) affected)…

May19

SQL SERVER – ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII Conversion

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

In this blog post we will see how we can convert ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII. In simple words, we will see the decimal and ASCII conversion.

May19

SQL SERVER – Math Functions Available in SQL Server

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Function, SQL Server

The large majority of math functions is specific to applications using trigonometry, calculus, and geometry. This is very important and it is very difficult to have all of them together at place.

May18

SQL SERVER – 2005 Understanding Trigger Recursion and Nesting with examples

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Trigger

Trigger events can be fired within another trigger action. One Trigger execution can trigger even on another table or same table. This trigger is called NESTED TRIGGER or RECURSIVE TRIGGER. Nested triggers SQL Server supports the nesting of triggers up to a maximum of 32 levels. Nesting means that when…

May18

SQL SERVER – 2005 – SSMS Change T-SQL Batch Separator

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Utility

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I recently received one big file with many T-SQL batches. It was a very big file and I was asked that this file was tested many times and it can run one transaction. I noticed the separator of the batches is not GO but it was EndBatch. I have followed two options to run the whole batch in one transaction. Let us learn how to change T-SQL Batch Separator.

May17

SQLAuthority News – Limited Edition T-Shirts Arrived

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQL T-Shirt

I have received quite a few request for SQLAuthority.com T-shirts. Every day I receive lots of emails and suggestions. Many readers have great suggestions and have helped to improve content. First of all I express my gratitude to all of you. Few of my loyal and enthusiastic readers will receive…

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 100 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

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