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CHARINDEX

SQL SERVER – A Comparison of CHARINDEX vs LIKE

September 26, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Query Rewrite, SQL Function, SQL String

In this post, we’ll explore a comparison between the use of CHARINDEX and LIKE in the WHERE clause, supported by real-world statistics.

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STRING-AGG-Function

SQL SERVER – STRING_AGG Function to Concatenate Strings

July 21, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL String

We were able to improve the performance of the query by using STRING_AGG Function to Concatenate Strings. Let us learn.

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SQL SERVER – Replacing a Cursor with a Common Table Expression

July 3, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CTE, SQL Cursor, SQL String

Let us learn today – How I was able to improve the query performance by replacing the cursor with a common table expression (CTE).

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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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Case-Sensitive Search

Case-Sensitive Search – SQL in Sixty Seconds #158

March 16, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL String

Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – Case-Sensitive Search. Lots of people said I should make a video on this topic.

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case-sensitive

SQL SERVER – Case-Sensitive Search

March 15, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Collation, SQL Scripts, SQL Search, SQL Server, SQL String

How to do a Case-sensitive Search? I was asked this by one of my clients of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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check constraint

SQL SERVER – CHECK CONSTRAINT to Allow Only Digits in Column

February 1, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

My client during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Today we will learn about CHECK CONSTRAINT to Allow Only Digits in Column.

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