[Note from Pinal]: In this episode of the Notes from the Field series database expert Kathi Kellenberger explains about JSON Support for Transmitting Data for SQL Server 2016. Kathi is an amazing instructor, she was the SQL author I have read in my early career. The reason, I love SQL Server because her writing has instigated love for this technology in me. Today she brings a relatively interesting topic for database experts. Read the experience of SQL SERVER – JSON from Kathi in her own words.
SQL SERVER 2016 – IF EXISTS Function on SQL Azure Databases and More
The experimentation of working with the next release of SQL Server is always fun and when I wrote the blog T-SQL Enhancement “Drop if Exists” clause, lesser did I know such capabilities are already existing with Azure SQL DB. When I was presenting at one of the local user groups, I told most of the capabilities come to Cloud first, get test and the very reason that it scales without problem on cloud gives one the confidence that it would work in our enterprise. One of the attendees asked, has all features first introduced to cloud only? Let us learn about IF EXISTS Function on SQL Azure Databases and More.
SQL SERVER – Fixing Annoying Network Binding Order Error – Notes from the Field #112
[Note from Pinal]: In this episode of the Notes from the Field series database expert Ryan Adams explains a very critical error user receive when binding network error. Ryan is one guy who spends more time with real world issues with SQL Server than anything else. He has mastered the art of resolving complex errors and document them so easily that one can’t find anywhere else. In this blog post Ryan addresses a very interesting error related to binding network error. Read the experience of Ryan in her own words.
Interview Question of the Week #055 – How to Convert ASCII to DECIMAL or DECIMAL to ASCII?
Question: How do you convert ASCII to DECIMAL or DECIMAL to ASCII? Answer: ASCII – Returns the ASCII code value of the leftmost character of a character expression. CHAR – Fixed-length non-Unicode character data with length of n bytes. Examples: --Decimal to ASCII SELECT CHAR(80)+CHAR(73)+CHAR(78)+CHAR(65)+CHAR(76) ASSQLAuthorityAuthor GO --ASCII to Decimal…
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SQL SERVER – Live Query Statistics in 2016 … and More! – Notes from the Field #111
[Note from Pinal]: In this episode of the Notes from the Field series database expert Mike Lawell explains about Live Query Statistics in SQL Server 2016. Statistics are heart of SQL Server. They play a very powerful role when SQL Server Engine needs help to build a new execution plan for a query. In earlier version of SQL Server we had the only privilege to see statistics after the query is executed. However, with the advancement of SQL Server 2016, the scenario has been changed. Here is a very interesting new feature of SQL Server 2016 which can help every performance tuning expert. Read the experience of Mike in his own words.
Interview Question of the Week #053 – What is the Difference Between Deterministic Functions and Nondeterministic Functions?
Some questions are so theoretical that I believe they really do not add too much value if users know that question or not. Here is one such question I am very confident that you agree with my point of view. Questions: What is the Difference Between Deterministic Functions and Nondeterministic Functions?…
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SQL SERVER 2016 – New T-SQL Functions – COMPRESS – DECOMPRESS
With every release of SQL Server, Microsoft has been adding enhancements to the product. Earlier I have written below blogs talking about new features/enhancements. Now I will write about features for SQL Server 2016 which are COMPRESS – DECOMPRESS.