The importance of backups
I have been selected to present a second session for the PASS Summit in November this year. I wrote a few weeks ago about the… Read More »The importance of backups
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The free SQL to Excel Export tool
Earlier this month I released a new, free tool to export SQL Server query data to Excel files without needing Excel. It also installs stored procedures… Read More »The free SQL to Excel Export tool
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEDIFF() and DATEDIFF_BIG()
Last time we looked at adding or subtracting date parts using the DATEADD() T-SQL system function. This week we see how to calculate the difference… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEDIFF() and DATEDIFF_BIG()
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEADD()
We are now in the home stretch of the long-running series about dates and times in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. This week we… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEADD()
Create a slipstream installer for SQL Server on Windows
Since the release of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 in April 2009, it has been possible to install SQL Server with media that includes… Read More »Create a slipstream installer for SQL Server on Windows
Dates and Times in SQL Server: AT TIME ZONE
Continuing the series on dates and times in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database, this week we look at the hint AT TIME ZONE. In… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: AT TIME ZONE
Update your production servers and stop making excuses about it
Folks, we all like to make sure we’re doing our level best to make things work smoothly. So why am I staring at someone’s server… Read More »Update your production servers and stop making excuses about it
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATENAME()
Last time we looked at DATEPART(). This post is all about the DATENAME() function. So many similarities There are many similarities between DATEPART and DATENAME.… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATENAME()
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEPART()
In my previous posts in this series we’ve seen reference to Transact-SQL (T-SQL) functions that are used to get the specific part of a date… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEPART()
Dates and Times in SQL Server: the problem with DATETIME
Recently I wrote a post about date and time functions you should never use, which contained an opinion I’ve expressed previously that some people have… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: the problem with DATETIME
Dates and Times in SQL Server: more functions you should never use
Previously we looked at four built-in functions to get the current date and time in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database using Transact-SQL (T-SQL). We… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: more functions you should never use
Dates and Times in SQL Server: What about TIMESTAMP?
It occurred to me that we haven’t covered the TIMESTAMP data type in this series about dates and times. TIMESTAMP is the Windows Millennium Edition… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: What about TIMESTAMP?
Dates and Times in SQL Server: T-SQL functions to get the current date and time
We have come on quite a journey so far. SQL Server and Azure SQL Database provide date and time data types to help you design… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: T-SQL functions to get the current date and time
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATETIMEOFFSET
This post continues our look at date and time data types in SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 introduced new data types to handle dates and… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATETIMEOFFSET
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATETIME2
This post continues our look at date and time data types in SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 introduced new data types to handle dates and… Read More »Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATETIME2