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Replacing @@ERROR Checks With TRY CATCH in Old Procedures

May 20, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Transactions

Replace fragile @@ERROR checks with TRY CATCH, transaction state checks, and THROW while preserving clear failure information for callers.

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SQL SERVER - ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII Conversion

SQL SERVER – ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII Conversion

May 19, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server

In this blog post we will see how we can convert ASCII to Decimal and Decimal to ASCII. In simple words, we will see the decimal and ASCII conversion.

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SQL SERVER – Math Functions Available in SQL Server

May 19, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Server

Math Functions in SQL Server include ABS, ROUND and CEILING. See examples, data type considerations and a note about RAND.

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SQL SERVER - 2005 - SSMS Change T-SQL Batch Separator

SQL SERVER – 2005 – SSMS Change T-SQL Batch Separator

May 18, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Utility

A big script used EndBatch instead of GO. Rather than a risky mass replace, I changed the Batch Separator in SSMS under Tools, Options, and it ran as is.

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SQL SERVER - Fix : Error 1205 : Transaction (Process ID) was deadlocked on resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction

SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 1205 : Transaction (Process ID) was deadlocked on resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction

May 16, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Fix : Error 1205 : Transaction (Process ID) was deadlocked on resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction.

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SQUARE: Expect a float Result From Numeric Inputs

May 14, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Datatype, SQL Function, SQL NULL, SQL Server

SQUARE accepts numeric inputs convertible to float and returns float. Explicit decimal display keeps this small example readable without claiming exact decimal multiplication.

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SQL SERVER – Query to Find First and Last Day of Current Month – Date Function

May 13, 2007
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Utility

One query to find the First and Last Day of Current Month in SQL Server, plus the last day of the previous month and the first day of the next.

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