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Retrieve TOP 10 Rows Without Using TOP or LIMIT? – Interview Question of the Week #247

October 20, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server

Question: Retrieve TOP 10 Rows Without Using TOP or LIMIT? We do not want to use TOP or LIMIT as they are actually not an ANSI implementation.

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PostgreSQL SQL.

PostgreSQL – Storing Unicode Characters is Easy

February 16, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
PostgreSQL, SQL Function, SQL String, Unicode

SQL Server needs NVARCHAR or NCHAR for non-English text. In PostgreSQL, plain VARCHAR stores Unicode characters too, as my quick Russian example shows.

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PostgreSQL – Learn Online in a Single Day – PostgreSQL Learning Path

August 11, 2016
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Pluralsight, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is considered to be one of the most advanced open source database.In this blog post we will discuss about the PostgreSQL Learning Path.

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How to Insert Multiple Rows in a Single SQL Query - Interview Question of the Week #069

How to Insert Multiple Rows in a Single SQL Query – Interview Question of the Week #069

May 1, 2016
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Interview question: write one script that inserts multiple rows in a single SQL query and runs unchanged in SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Here is my answer.

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SQL SERVER - How to Create Linked Server to PostgreSQL?

SQL SERVER – How to Create Linked Server to PostgreSQL?

November 24, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Linked Server, PostgreSQL, SQL Scripts

I work with both SQL Server and PostgreSQL, and people often ask how to link them. Here are the steps to create a linked server from SQL Server to PostgreSQL.

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SQL SERVER - MySQL - PostgreSQL - How to Concat Strings?

SQL SERVER – MySQL – PostgreSQL – How to Concat Strings?

December 29, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

How to concat strings the same way in SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL? I switched from the plus operator to the CONCAT function, and here is why.

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