Tag Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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Constructing a datetime from an integer date and an integer time.
3August 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Occasionally I’ve seen date and time stored separately as integers. This had some practical applications back before we had date …
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Temporary stored procedures
Leave a commentAugust 7, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Temporary stored procedures are excellent for testing pieces of code that are going to go into (or come from) …
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SQL Homework – August 2019 – Getting the data out
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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Header Query Crossword
Leave a commentJuly 31, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I did an interesting form of crossword recently and since I haven’t done one in a while I figured this …
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Optional vs Required parameters in Stored Procedures
7July 29, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you are executing a stored procedure with a bunch of parameters it can be a bit of a pain …
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Custom error messages
1July 24, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m sure lots of you have used the function RAISERROR to handle an error caused by your code. The problem …
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Current database vs database locks
2July 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I have a lot of co-workers who use sp_who and sp_who2 to see who’s in a given database. This is …
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Is it just me or does msdb feel a lot like a user database?
Leave a commentJuly 17, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
When you think of system databases, tables, etc there are a number of things you might think of. Necessary to …
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Short circuiting an AND
2July 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I did a post on how an OR short circuits. It was a somewhat unusual type of …
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SQL Homework – July 2019 – Table Size
Leave a commentJuly 1, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In general this homework series is meant to give you ideas of things to play with that most if not …
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