Bijay Kumar Sahoo
Truncating dates in SQL Server is a common task for developers working with SQL Server. In this comprehensive article, I will walk you through everything you need to know about truncating dates in SQL Server with multiple approaches. Trunc Date In SQL Server SQL Server 2022 introduced the DATETRUNC function, which simplifies date truncation operations. … Read more
As a database developer working with SQL Server, I’ve encountered many scenarios where comparing dates has been crucial for accurate data analysis. Understanding how to compare dates properly in SQL Server is an essential skill. I’ll cover everything you need to know about SQL Server date comparisons in this comprehensive article. SQL Server Date Compare … Read more
Recently, I received a requirement for aggregating data by date. In this comprehensive article, I’ll walk you through various techniques for effectively using SQL Server’s GROUP BY clause with date values and provide multiple examples. SQL Server GROUP BY Date Dates in SQL Server contain date and time components, meaning when you group by a … Read more
Finding the minimum date in a dataset is a minimum requirement for database professionals. In this comprehensive article, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know about finding minimum dates in SQL Server, from the syntax to different real-time examples. SQL Server Min Date The MIN() function is an aggregate function in SQL Server … Read more
In this comprehensive article, I’ll walk you through multiple approaches to add days to dates in SQL Server with multiple real-time examples and performance considerations. SQL Server Add Days To Date Knowing how to add days to dates is necessary while working with SQL Server. Let us discuss various methods to add days to the … Read more
In this article, I’ll explain various methods for finding and working with the max() for date in SQL Server with multiple examples. SQL Server MAX Date The foundation of finding the most recent date in SQL Server is the MAX function, which returns the highest value in a selected column. When applied to date columns, … Read more
As a Senior SQL database developer, I’ve encountered various scenarios where I needed to extract just the date portion from a DateTime value in SQL Server. I’ll walk you through different methods to convert DateTime to Date format in SQL Server with examples in this article. SQL Server DateTime To Date SQL Server derives all … Read more
As a senior database developer working with SQL Server, I’ve found that retrieving the current date and time is one of your most fundamental operations. In this comprehensive article, I’ll walk you through various methods to get the current date in SQL Server and share best practices based on real-world examples. SQL Server Get Current … Read more
Recently, I was working on an SQL query, and I wanted to format a date column value in a USA English format. For this, I tried using the Format() function. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use the format() function in SQL Server with a few real examples. What is the Format() Function … Read more
The SQL LEN() function is used to retrieve the length of a string character. Length() is also called LEN. It accepts the string value as a parameter and returns the character present in the string. The number of characters returned is equal to the actual length of the given string. In this SQL Server tutorial, … Read more