Jun 12, 2019 · Could someone explain the difference between % in SQL? I understand that % is a wildcard that allows you to query results with LIKE results, i.e. a% for words starting with a, but I am confused w...

Which of these queries is the faster? NOT EXISTS: SELECT ProductID, ProductName FROM Northwind..Products p WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM Northwind..[Order Details] od WHERE p.

I'm trying to run the following fairly simple query in SQL Server Management Studio: SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM master.sys.procedures as procs left join master.sys.parameters as params on p...

The Microsoft book for SQL course says "You should use two-part names to refer to tables in SQL Server databases, such as Sales.Customer" so they don't ask to surround namespace with square bracket but if I remember correctly, surrounding them puts it in the right namepsace.

Sep 18, 2008 · Is it possible to use an IF clause within a WHERE clause in MS SQL? Example: WHERE IF IsNumeric(@OrderNumber) = 1 OrderNumber = @OrderNumber ELSE OrderNumber LIKE '%' + @

May 22, 2023 · SQL query with NOT LIKE IN Asked 13 years, 6 months ago Modified 2 years, 3 months ago Viewed 564k times

We all know that to select all columns from a table, we can use SELECT * FROM tableA Is there a way to exclude column(s) from a table without specifying all the columns? SELECT * [except columnA]...

Ran into a similar issue while restoring the database using SQL server management studio and it got stuck into restoring mode. After several hours of issue tracking, the following query worked for me.

Jan 25, 2017 · All previous version of SQL Server Express were available in both web and full downloads. But I cannot find full download of SQL Server® 2016 Express. Does it exist? Asked the same question on MSDN

I have written my own windows service which interacts with a SQL database and updates it. The service was running fine and seems to be functioning correctly, however of late it seems to go down at ...