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Copying a virtual machine from one host to another

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Norbert Krupa

This post will explain the process of copying a virtual machine instance from one host computer to another using Oracle’s VM VirtualBox with Windows 7.

Oracle, Virtual Machine, VirtualBox, Windows
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You have an error in your SQL syntax

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Norbert Krupa

One of the most common problems I come across is users not being able to resolve a basic SQL syntax error thrown in MySQL. You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL… Continue Reading →

MySQL
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Why can’t I use my aliased column in the WHERE clause?

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Norbert Krupa

A query will fail when a column is aliased and then referenced in the WHERE clause. SELECT col1, col2 AS c2 FROM tbl1 WHERE c2 BETWEEN 2 AND 6SELECT col1, col2 AS c2 FROM tbl1 WHERE c2 BETWEEN 2 AND… Continue Reading →

Msg 207, SQL, SQL Server, T-SQL
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Sorting software versions

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Norbert Krupa

There may be a time where a software version is stored as a string. In order to sort it, it will need to be broken up into its individual parts (major, minor, patch and build) and then sorted.

MySQL, SQL
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NULL behavior in three valued logic

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Norbert Krupa

SQL uses three valued logic (true, false, or unknown). This is important when dealing with NULL as a query may not return the desired results.

SQL
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Temporary tables and table variables in SQL Server

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

I will briefly explain the differences between temporary tables and table variables. Temporary Tables (#) CREATE TABLE #temp (col1 …)CREATE TABLE #temp (col1 …) Table Variables (@) DECLARE @temp TABLE (col1 …)DECLARE @temp TABLE (col1 …) What do the signs… Continue Reading →

SQL Server, T-SQL
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Rows to column header using dynamic T-SQL

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

There may be instances where you need to prepare columns for a SELECT statement or for a SELECT … PIVOT.

SQL Server, T-SQL
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Running total

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

This post will show an example of how to join a table against itself to return a running total.

SQL Server, T-SQL
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Last second of future date

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

The following query is useful when trying to select an inclusive range of records using DATETIME. For this example, we will use GETDATE() which returns the current date & time. You can modify this at any instance in the code… Continue Reading →

Date, SQL Server, T-SQL
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Split comma separated name (last, first)

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

The following example will return two columns (first name, last name) based on a single, concatenated, comma separated name. table —— name —— Chin, Cheryl Frank, Robert SELECT RIGHT([name], LEN([name]) – CHARINDEX(’,’, [name]) – 1) AS [first], LEFT([name], CHARINDEX(’,’, [name])-1)… Continue Reading →

SQL Server, String, T-SQL

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