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Suppose we have a table emp_plan  which contains 4 columns "Empid" (employeeid), Planid (Projectid), Startdate(Allocation Start date) and Enddate (Allocation Enddate). Its structure is given below:-

Create table emp_plan (empid nvarchar(200),planid...

2015-08-03

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RIGHT() function in SQL Server

Right():- This function returns the specified number of characters from the Right part of the given character string.Syntax:- Select RIGHT ( character_expression , integer_expression ) For example, the below query will...

2015-01-26

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