I was thinking about DATE and TIME datatypes in SQL Server 2008. I earlier wrote about the about best practices of the same. Recently I had written one of the scripts written for SQL Server 2008 had to run on SQL Server 2005 (don’t ask me why!), I had to convert the DATE and TIME datatypes to DATETIME. Let me run a quick demo for the same.
I have seen scores of expert developers getting perplexed with SQL Server in finding time only from datetime datatype. Let us have a quick glance look at the solution. Let us learn about how to get Time in Hour:Minute Format from a Datetime as well as to get Date Part Only from Datetime.
I just received an email from one of my regular readers who is curious to know if there is any way to find out when a table is recently updated (or last date time updated). I was ready with my answer! I promptly suggested him that if a table contains UpdatedDate or ModifiedDate date column with default together with value GETDATE(), he should make use of it. On close observation, the table is not required to keep history when any row is inserted. However, the sole prerequisite is to be aware of when any table has been updated. That’s it!