SELECT e.* FROM DimEmployee AS e ORDER BY LastName; This example returns all rows (no WHERE clause is specified) and a subset of the columns (FirstName, LastName, StartDate) from the DimEmployee table in the AdventureWorksPDW2022 database. The third column heading is renamed to FirstDay...
Specifies that the values in the specified column should be sorted in ascending or descending order.ASCsorts from the lowest value to highest value.DESCsorts from highest value to lowest value.ASCis the default sort order.NULLvalues are treated as the lowest possible values. ...
On theSet Scripting Optionsscreen, selectAdvanced, and then select the version of SQL_B underGeneral>Script for SQL Server Version. Also, select the option that works best for you to save the generated scripts. Then, continue the wizard. ...
The value specified for the database directory or storage path does not exist or is inaccessible. The value specified for the database directory or storage path contains characters that are incompatible with the code page of the database. Storage paths must have an absolute path name and cannot...
The following example returns the maximum value from the list of constants that is provided. The scale of the return type is determined by the scale of the argument with the highest precedence data type. SQL SELECTGREATEST('6.62',3.1415, N'7') AS GreatestVal; GO ...
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Scalar Function: As explained earlier, user-defined scalar functions return a single scalar value. Table-Valued Functions: User-defined table-valued functions return a table as output. Inline: returns a table data type based on a single SELECT statement. Multi-statement: returns a tabular result-...
_BATCH_ROW_COUNT information type.) The first call toSQLMoreResultswill position you on the row count of the firstINSERT, and the second call will position you on the row count of the secondINSERT. The third call toSQLMoreResultswill position you on the result set of the secondSELECT...
CREATE TABLE employees_temp AS SELECT employee_id, first_name, last_name FROM employees; CREATE TABLE employees_temp2 AS SELECT employee_id, first_name, last_name FROM employees; DECLARE seq_value NUMBER; BEGIN -- Generate initial sequence number seq_value := employees_seq.NEXTVAL; -- Print...
SELECT salary FROM RankedSalaries WHERE rank = 3; -- Nth value, here it is the 3rd highest salary Explanation: The RANK() function ranks salaries in descending order. By filtering for rank = 3, you get the 3rd highest salary. 24. Explain the concept of Normalization and its different nor...