Easy way to reseed identity column ? TIP #77
Sometimes, we may require to reseed identity column of a table due to various reason.
For example we have deleted a...
2014-12-20
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Rajat Jaiswal
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Sequence feature TIP #76
Although it is a old feature for those who knows ORACLE but for SQL server developers it is a new...
2014-12-10
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How to determine free space on each fixed drive of server machine using SQL SERVER ? TIP #75
When you do SQL Server maintenance one of important aspect is available space on server drive because your SQL SERVER...
2014-12-06
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How to disable constraints of a table ? TIP #74
You are reading this post just because of two reason
1) You are curious whether it is possible or not...
2014-11-20
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How to determine Meta data or result set information of a stored procedure /trigger ? TIP # 73
Sometimes it may require that you don’t know what will be output of a stored procedure ? what kind of result...
2014-11-19
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How to replace a specific string from a large string with Write feature ? TIP #72
This is very interesting feature and I recently come to know this awesome feature.
Lets understand this by an example below...
2014-11-14
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How explicitly insert default value ? TIP #72
Suppose, sometimes you just need entry in the table with all the default values.
For example you have a Student...
2014-11-10
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How to pause execution for particular time or interval ? TIP #71
Suppose, We are working on a stored procedure in which some complex operation is going. We are fetching some value...
2014-11-09
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How to find all running SQL Server Instance on a machine ? TIP #70
Hello friends,
Many times it happened with me I forgot the instance name of SQL Server.
So here is a small trick...
2014-11-07
293 reads
How to copy table structure only from a SQL Query ? Tip #69
Recently , one of my friends shared that some interviewer asked him a question “How to copy table structure only from...
2014-11-03
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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