Yes; Microsoft themselves recommend using <> over != specifically for ANSI compliance, e.g. in Microsoft Press training kit for 70-461 exam, "Querying Microsoft SQL Server", they say "As an example of when to choose the standard form, T-SQL supports two “not equal to” operators: <> and !=. The former is standard and the latter is not.
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 '%' + @
Due to precedence of SQL statements it will be the same. however, due to data types if using 100 you can still get the result rounded to 0 decimals you desire for the % where as if you put it after the division operation you would have to make sure that you cast to a data type that can handle the decimal places otherwise you will end up with ...
SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM master.sys.procedures as procs left join master.sys.parameters as params on procs.object_id = params.object_id This seems totally correct, but I keep getting the following error: Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 6 Incorrect syntax near ''. It works if I take out the join and only do a simple select:
SELECT * FROM table INNER JOIN otherTable ON table.ID = otherTable.FK Is there any difference between the statements in performance or otherwise? Does it differ between different SQL implementations?
In SQL, how can I remove the first 4 characters of values of a specific column in a table? Column name is Student Code and an example value is ABCD123Stu1231. I want ...
What is the best way to remove all spaces from a string in SQL Server 2008? LTRIM(RTRIM(' a b ')) would remove all spaces at the right and left of the string, but I also need to remove the space ...
