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Nine Unusual Ways My Clients Use AI With SQL Server

August 6, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
Oracle, SQL Index, SQL NULL, SQL Performance

Everyone writes about AI generating queries. Here are nine unusual ways my clients use AI with SQL Server, and I helped build every one.

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nullable

SQL SERVER – Unique Indexes on Nullable Columns

August 17, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Index, SQL NULL

As the server allows only one null value in a column if a unique constraint is applied. Let us learn about Unique Indexes on Nullable Columns.

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ISNULL and COALESCE

SQL SERVER – Difference Between ISNULL and COALESCE

June 15, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL NULL, SQL Server

SQL Server provides two commonly used functions, ISNULL and COALESCE, to address this requirement. Difference Between ISNULL and COALESCE

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date null

SQL SERVER – CONVERT Empty String To Null DateTime

May 6, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL NULL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

Let us learn today how to CONVERT Empty String To Null DateTime. While I focus on SQL Server Performance Health Check, let us learn about it today.

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adding values

SQL SERVER – Adding Values Containing NULLs

October 19, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL NULL, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today we will see a very simple blog post about Adding Values Containing NULLs. During the consulting engagement of Health Check.

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NULL Values

SQL SERVER – NULL Values and CONCAT Function

September 11, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL NULL, SQL String

A lot of SQL in the Sixty Seconds video recently, we will be looking at a very interesting T-SQL CONCAT function and how it works with the NULL Values.

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strange results

SQL Puzzle – Solution to Strange Results – IN and IS NOT NULL –

July 10, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Puzzle
SQL NULL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Earlier I had published a blog post about a puzzle SQL Puzzle – IN and IS NOT NULL – Strange Results. Today we will see a solution to strange results puzzle.

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