Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

Based on the expertise of Intelligent Converters specialists gained from a variety of migration projects, this whitepaper reveals best practices, key bottlenecks, and some tips and tricks for ...

--CONVERT Function The CONVERT function is used to convert an expression from one data type to another, but it also allows for formatting when converting to certain data types, like dates. -- Convert ...

CONVERT(NVARCHAR(30), @CubsWinWorldSeries, 3) AS UK_dmy, ...

CONVERT() function is basically used to converts an expression of one data type to another data type. This function display date/time data in different formats. data_type(length):- It is used to ...

To encrypt and decrypt a string we have a predefined functions in Sql Server 2008 that are easy to use. Suppose we want to save some data that doesn't need to be exposed as a plain text then in such ...

As an addendum to last week's post about a recent SQL Server camp held for PHP developers, Microsoft's Brian Swan has published some new nuts-and-bolts details for converting MySQL queries. Swan, who ...

The next-gen SQL Server is Microsoft’s most feature-rich database offering to date, boasting almost completely retooled business intelligence innards, including a revamped ETL capability (the new SQL ...