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SQL SERVER – Binary Sequence Generator – Truth Table Generator

May 15, 2007

Run following script in query editor to generate truth table with its decimal value and binary sequence. The truth table is 512 rows long. This can be extended or reduced by adding or removing cross joins respectively. Script: USE AdventureWorks; DECLARE @Binary TABLE ( Digit bit) INSERT @Binary VALUES (0)…

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

Following query will run respective on today’s date. It will return Last Day of Previous Month, First Day of Current Month, Today, Last Day of Previous Month and First Day of Next Month respective to current month. Let us see how we can do this with the help of Date Function in SQL Server.

SQL SERVER – Explanation SQL Command GO

May 11, 2007

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Utility

GO is not a Transact-SQL statement; it is often used in T-SQL code. Go causes all statements from the beginning of the script or the last GO statement (whichever is closer) to be compiled into one execution plan and sent to the server independent of any other batches. SQL Server…

SQL SERVER – 2005/2000 Examples and Explanation for GOTO

May 7, 2007

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Utility

The GOTO statement causes the execution of the T-SQL batch to stop processing the following commands to GOTO and processing continues from the label where GOTO points. GOTO statement can be used anywhere within a procedure, batch, or function. GOTO can be nested as well. GOTO can be executed by…

SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Find Weekdays Between Two Dates

May 5, 2007

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Utility

Following user defined function returns number of weekdays between two dates specified. This function excludes the dates which are passed as input params. It excludes Saturday and Sunday as they are weekends. I always had this function with for reference but after some research I found original source website of…

SQL SERVER – Collate – Case Sensitive SQL Query Search

April 30, 2007

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Collation, SQL Scripts, SQL Search, SQL Server, SQL Utility

In this blog post we are going to learn about how to do Case Sensitive SQL Query Search.

If Column1 of Table1 has following values ‘CaseSearch, casesearch, CASESEARCH, CaSeSeArCh’, following statement will return you all the four records.

SQL SERVER – 2005 Security DataSheet

April 29, 2007

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Download, SQL Server Security, SQL Utility

Microsoft has implemented strong security features into the Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005, which provides a security-enabled platform for enterprise-class relational database and analysis solutions. SQL Server 2005 provides cutting edge security technology and addresses several security issues, including automatic secured updates and encryption of sensitive data. Download the SQL Server…