I love my job because I get to help people learn new technology as well as help them clear their confusion about the older technology. Recently during SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop, I was asked a very simple but interesting question by an attendee about NVARCHAR column.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Number Data Type from Oracle Linked Sever Shown in Scientific Notation
One of my clients contacted me for an issue where they reported that they are seeing an issue with numbers when they are accessed via Oracle linked server.
SQL SERVER – How to Change Column Property From NULL to NOT NULL Value?
A Very popular question I often here whenever I am presenting at the developer conference – How to Change Column Property From NULL to Not NULL Value?
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Brain Teaser – Changing Data Type is Changing the Default Value
Today, we will see a very interesting puzzle about data types and default values.
You need to answer-
1 The original datatype A and default value B
2 The new datatype C and new default value D
SQL SERVER – Convert Decimal to Time Format in String
A very strange question I received the other day in an email about how to convert decimal to time format string.
What is the Default Datatype of NULL? – Interview Question of the Week #131
Question: What is the Default Datatype of NULL?
SQL SERVER – ALTER Column from INT to BIGINT – Error and Solutions
Sometime ago I wrote a blog on identity column value jump issue, you can read it from here SQL SERVER – Jump in Identity column after restart! In this blog post we will learn how to resolve the error when we alter column from int to bigint.