I have been asked many times when there is DATENAME function available why do I go in exercise of writing UDF For the getting the day of the week. Answer is : I just like it! SELECT DATENAME(dw, GETDATE()) Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

Datetime functions and stored procedures always interests me. Nanda Kumar has suggested modification to previous written article about SQL SERVER – SQL SERVER – UDF – Get the Day of the Week Function – Part 2. He has improved on UDF. CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_DayOfWeek(@dtDate DATETIME) RETURNS VARCHAR(10) AS BEGIN DECLARE…

I have written article about SQL SERVER – UDF – Get the Day of the Week Function. I have received good modified script from reader Mihir Popat has suggested another code where Sunday does not have to be necessary the first day of the week. CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_DayOfWeek(@dtDate DATETIME) RETURNS…

It gives me great pleasure to write articles like today’s one because I have received great comment from one of regular reader who has taken UDF written by me and created another UDF using that UDF which enhances functionality of it. I had written previous article about SQL SERVER –…