Under the hood, this macro is taking your inputs and creating the appropriate SQL syntax for the DATEDIFF functionspecific to your data warehouse.
SQL is used to query and manipulate the underlying relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc. SQL is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard language. However, not all the databases ...
Function return values OUT parameters Run PL/SQL dialog Specify run target Shows parameter information Generates editable PL/SQL block for populating parameters Full functioning debugger Control program execution(Step into, over, ...) Inspect and modify variables ...
Learn what a SQL Query is and the fundamentals of the SQL SELECT statement, which is used to query the database for useful information. Learning how to retrieve information from or manipulate information in a database is commonly a perplexing exercise. However, it can be a relatively easy tas...
PostgreSQL is an open-source, advanced, enterprise-class type of database that works on the concepts of relational SQL-based and non-relational JSON-based databases. PostgreSQL is pronounced as post-gress-Q-L. It is the first ever database interaction technology that provided MVCC (Multi-Version...
Function return values OUT parameters Run PL/SQL dialog Specify run target Shows parameter information Generates editable PL/SQL block for populating parameters Full functioning debugger Control program execution(Step into, over, ...) Inspect and modify variables ...
Rowset functions Return an object that can be used like table references in a SQL statement. Scalar functions Operate on a single value and then return a single value. Scalar functions can be used wherever an expression is valid. Categories of scalar functions Expand table Function categoryDescr...
In SQL Server 2025 (17.x) Preview, when an ordered clustered columnstore index is built online, the sort algorithm usestempdbinstead of sorting the data in memory. IfMAXDOPfor the index build is 1, the build produces a fully ordered clustered columnstore index that doesn't have overlapping se...
The logic for change data capture process is embedded in the stored procedure sp_replcmds, an internal server function built as part of sqlservr.exe and also used by transactional replication to harvest changes from the transaction log. In SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance, when...
Stored procedure vs. function Stored procedures and functions can be used to accomplish the same task. Both can be custom-defined as part of any application, but functions are designed to send their output to a query or T-SQL statement. Stored procedures are designed to return outputs to the...