SQL Server

CONTEXT_INFO()

26. 8. 2014

Session context information enables applications to set binary values of up to 128 bytes that can be referenced in multiple batches, stored procedures, triggers, or user-defined functions operating on the same session. You can set a session context value by using the SET CONTEXT_INFO statement and retrieve it later by…

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CONVERT() datetime to string - Table of output values

16. 8. 2014
I’m converting DATETIME values to string nearly every day when doing regular T-SQL development. After years I remember a lot of format parameter values to get the right string representation of input DATETIME value. But still time to time something specific is needed. This is why I have created a…
SQL Server

ISNUMERIC()? No, thank you!

2. 6. 2014
Can we trust ISNUMERIC() function when checking if it is safe cast string value to numeric data type? Definitely not, because it´s more or less unusable for this purpose, because we can´t be sure what is hidden in string to be converted. And trust me: there is lot of surprises…
SQL Server

Change in Query Plan Can Affect Query Result Set (Table Spool)

10. 5. 2014

It´s legitimate expectation that a SELECT statement will return consistent results independently on number of rows returned or an internal implementation of query processing. But it is not always true. I will demonstrate it on a simple query using NEWID() function. This function should return new value on every call…

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SQL Server

How to prevent views with outdated metadata?

23. 8. 2013
SQL Server is persisting various metadata when a new view is created in SQL Server. When underlying objects are changed later then view metadata aren’t updated automatically and this outdated metadata can cause several issues later. Let’s see one simple example. We will create a dbo.SampleTable table and create view…