SQL Server supports grouping of data with GROUP BY since older versions, and also offers WITH ROLLUP and WITH CUBE operators for grand-total and sub-totals. …
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CHECKSUM_AGG Function in SQL Server(TSQL)
Creates a checksum value of a data set. You can use it to check if data in a column is being modified. accepts int …
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You moved the database to another instance and created a new login for this database instead of moving the login from the old instance …
Read More »APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT Function in SQL Server(TSQL)
This function returns an estimated number of non-null unique values in a data set. It came with SQL Server 2019. Let’s create a table …
Read More »Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string
You receive this error when you try to convert a string that is a not compatible with the datetime data type to a datetime. …
Read More »AVG Function in SQL Server(TSQL)
We use the AVG function to obtain the average value of the specified column. Its one of the most used SQL Server functions. Let’s …
Read More »How To Capture Query Timeouts With Extended Events
We can capture Query Timeouts by using SQL Server Extended Events Session. Right click on Management-> Extendend Event-> Sessions on SSMS and select new …
Read More »OVER Clause in SQL Server(TSQL)
We send a dataset to a function by grouping it with the Partition By statement int the OVER Clause. We sort the groups by …
Read More »What is Constraint and SQL Server Constraint Types(TSQL)
Constaint allows us to set specific rules for data in a table. For example; to make sure that the data in a column is …
Read More »NOT NULL Constraint in SQL Server(TSQL)
We can use “NOT NULL Constraint” to prevent values in a column from containing null data. Example: In the following example, when creating a …
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