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This article demonstrates how to create and use a scalar function in the SQL Server database. In this blog, we won't go very far. We will perform only basic functions.

This article introduces the NoSQL concept. There are many NoSQL databases available like MongoDB, Elastic Search and Hadoop and so on.

In SSMS 18.0 preview, Microsoft has introduced us to Static Data Masking, a new feature that allows you to create a cloned copy of your database and replace sensitive data with a new data (fake data,

Database Logs are used for any modification/transaction on table production or during development from their Database Server.

We all use best practices while writing SQL code. However, for those who use on or off the MS laied out best practices and new to the database platform would be highly benefited while following the be

Aggregate functions are the built-in functions in SQL. They are used for specific operations like to compute the Average of the numbers, Total Count of the records, Total sum of the numbers etc. These

This article shows how to create a sub-report in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). SSRS is a part of Microsoft SQL Server services, including SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) and SSIS (SQL Serv

This article explains synonyms in SQL Server. SQL Server Synonyms are created in the database that need to access the other database and use them in the SELECT statement, like we access the table in t

This article explains the After Trigger and Instead of Trigger using an example and the differences between them.

SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment (VA) in SQL Server Management Studio 17.4 or later lets SQL Server scan your databases for potential security vulnerabilities and can be run against SQL Server 2012

In this article, I am going to give a quick overview of temporary tables in SQL Server 2012. local temporary table, global temporary table, drop temporary table.

Data exploration and documentation can be cumbersome, classifying data can be one of those tedious but necessary things. With the introduction of such things as GDPR there is an ever greater need to c

In this article we will see the various ways to replace null values in a table. ISNULL() function, CASE statement, COALESCE() function can be used to replace null values in a SQL Server table.

This small article is intended for the audience stuck in their interview when asked for the differences among CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR and NVARCHAR data types. CHAR vs VARCHAR, NCHAR vs NVARCHAR, differen

This article covers the fundamentals of transactions in T-SQL, from concepts such as understanding what SQL transactions are, to ACID properties, local and distributed transactions, guidelines for wri

SQL Server 2019 brings a very exciting new feature that is long overdue. Resumable Online Index Create is one of my favorite new things. This, paired with the Resumable Index Rebuilds introduced with

In this article you will learn about User Defined Table Types and Table-Valued Parameters. The concepts of User-Defined Table Types (UDTTs) and Table-Valued Parameters (TVPs) were introduced in SQL Se

In this article you will learn about 50 Important Queries in SQL Server. EXEC sp_helpdb, exec sp_helptext, EXEC sp_updatestats, EXEC sp_MSforeachtable, SQL query for version name of SQL Server, Enable

Many times we come across null values within tables in SQL Server. Null values are the values with no data; that means the data is missing or unknown. In this article, initially we will understand the

In this article, I described how to calculate the maximum range of various integer data types in SQL Server. TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT and BIGINT are all number data types. The difference between these d

In this blog we will learn the basic differences between Primary key, Unique key and Foreign key. Difference between Primary key and Unique key.

To learn the database, most of the times, we need to build the schema and put some data inside. But to speed up the learning and make the hands dirty in code as soon as possible, large organizations p

In my recent article Using Materialized Views Effectively, I offered a few ways to populate data stores that can be critical performance-improvers for your apps and BI environments that use SQL Server

Here, we will discuss the full procedure to rebuild Master Database in SQL Server without unavailability of backup. Read the complete blog very carefully to get appropriate results.