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Calculating Elapsed Time From Start & End Time

Hi, Running SQL Server 2008 R2. I have the following sample table: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Test] ( [Test_ID] [int] NOT NULL, [Start_Time] [char](5) NULL, [End_Time] [char](5) NULL, [Elapsed_Time] [char](5) NULL, CONSTRAINT …

Developer technologies | Transact-SQL
asked 2021-09-24T14:29:55.9+00:00
VDT-7677 161 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-07T18:49:40.5066667+00:00
Alex Bhatti 0 Reputation points
6 answers

which is best for performance filtering on where or filtering on join ?

I work on sql server 2019 i don't know which is best for performance filtering on where condition or filtering on join with another meaning which is best first query select A.* from A inner join B on A.ID=B.ID INNER JOIN C ON C.ID=B.ID …

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asked 2022-07-28T07:09:10.783+00:00
ahmed salah 3,216 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-01T15:42:38.47+00:00
Erland Sommarskog 124.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Can you recommend a sql formatter?

Dear colleagues, Which SQL formatter would you recommend? In our organization, we have coding standards. My problem is, there are to many of them. As I am responsible for the repositories containing SQL, I want to enforce a single standard by…

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asked 2020-11-17T14:17:45.18+00:00
Chris Sijtsma 106 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-30T10:39:50.1066667+00:00
peter R 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Stored Procedure not executing as SQL Agent Job

I have a stored procedure (1) that updates JSON data (via JSON_Modify()) in an auditing table to replace raw binary with a short string 'Binary column data.'. This stored procedure functions when executed in SSMS, but when I try to have a SQL Agent Job…

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asked 2021-06-30T18:09:33.473+00:00
Bryan Lee Briggs 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-07-27T21:54:14.65+00:00
Ed Morcos 0 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

To identify the performance of sqlserver between 1 month of different years.

Hi, How can I identify the performance load of SQL Server between 2 period of different years, Any script to calculate the I/O load and performance of SQL Server. I s there any tools to identify the performance and I/O load on SQL Server between 2…

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asked 2022-07-06T18:54:16.927+00:00
SVA 116 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-24T13:52:25.77+00:00
Don Price 0 Reputation points
8 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Pull values to the Left of a dash

I am trying to pull from a field called "Location" that includes a number of varying lengths after a dash. I only want to pull the value of the field before the dash. My expression below worked with the LTRIM to pull values after the dash but…

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asked 2021-05-25T02:32:50.59+00:00
Evan Stroum 21 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-22T04:16:29.9233333+00:00
Ashish Mathur 99,575 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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What are the advantages always square brackets sql server objects inside procedure

Hi What are the advantages always square brackets sql server objects inside procedure? --proc format 01 CREATE [schema].[Proc_getdata01] AS BEGIN SELECT [column01],[column01] FROM [schema].[table] WHERE [column03]='01'; END GO --proc format…

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asked 2021-05-29T11:10:26.877+00:00
Tharindu Dhaneenja 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-07-18T15:28:18.41+00:00
Todd Moyer 0 Reputation points
3 answers

IF EXIST UPDATE, IF NOT EXIST INSERT

Hi, i want to know how update a row if exist and if don't exist insert a new row Example:

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asked 2021-04-26T15:18:32.48+00:00
EvansGxz 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2025-07-17T14:14:47.44+00:00
Vadim Rapp 0 Reputation points
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Getting this error: Msg 3609, Level 16, State 1, Line 88 The transaction ended in the trigger. The batch has been aborted.

So I'm trying an exercise Trigger Code that would send an email if someone tries to insert into the adventure database a special offer that is equal to or greater than 80%, My Code goes Like this: ----------------------- The…

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asked 2021-12-11T12:01:56.03+00:00
salma dodin 96 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-09T16:47:40.3333333+00:00
Niarchos Ioannis 0 Reputation points
2 answers

BACKUP LOG Write Fail to Azure Storage

Hello, We have a SQL VM running out of Azure with SQL Agent jobs running BACKUP LOG every x hours to Azure Blob. These jobs have been running fine for a long time until recently. We keep getting the below error and these jobs fail intermittently for…

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asked 2022-06-13T18:07:29.267+00:00
sidney l 21 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-02T21:20:53.65+00:00
Andy Soushek 0 Reputation points
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How to call multiple Store Procedures in parallel in MS SQL

Hi All, I have 3 store procedures in MSSQL DB. EXEC sp_test_1 (ID) GO EXEC sp_test_2 (ID) GO EXEC sp_test_3 (ID) GO When I execute each store procedure is taking 15 minutes to complete and total of 45 minutes. When I…

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asked 2021-02-18T08:19:12.547+00:00
varaprasadmohan pinagadi 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-06-26T15:55:40.9966667+00:00
ben mosk 41 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Grant access only to a Schema in SQL

Hi All, I have a Database called TM1 and in this database I have 2 schemas. One is called TMS1 and another is called TM1App. There are 5 views under schema TMS1. For Example: TMS1 .View1, TMS1 .View2....TMS1 .View5. These views are reading data from…

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asked 2020-10-08T00:51:08.743+00:00
Shivendoo Kumar 751 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-19T09:46:58.8566667+00:00
Erik Haase 0 Reputation points
8 answers

Unable to open the physical file. Operating system error 5: “5(Access is denied.)”

I am trying to work on a query to attach a database (UNC path) remotely. I have SQL Server management studio (SSMS) installed in SQL Server machine (machineSQL) and also in another machine (machineRemote) in same domain. Query:: CREATE DATABASE…

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asked 2020-09-24T01:18:45.57+00:00
Nishant Kumar 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-05-17T18:42:24.1733333+00:00
Bruce (SqlWork.com) 79,101 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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how to calculate age from date of birth

im required to come up with a script for a solution where you need both peoples date of birth, and age, when registering them its clearly stated that the person wont be asked to input their age, just their dob. but the age is needed what needs to be…

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asked 2021-07-19T19:05:00.413+00:00
ganeplay506 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-06-01T13:09:11.73+00:00
CrisP 0 Reputation points
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Text and NVARCHAR are incompatible

Hi, I am trying to join 2 tables together but once column is a text, and the other nvarchar and as a result, I get the following error message Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Line 101 The data types text and nvarchar are incompatible in the equal to…

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asked 2021-11-03T09:36:37.253+00:00
Bone_12 361 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-06T16:29:53.77+00:00
Bruce (SqlWork.com) 79,101 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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SQL server. Updated data is lost and reverted back to the past data

SQL SERVER. I have a database that works fine and saves the update of the data and i see that data updated, but after a possible week or month, I find that the data returns to its original position before the modification and the modification completely…

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asked 2022-02-10T12:30:52.267+00:00
basel khalil 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-05-12T12:39:54.12+00:00
Panduranga Javalageri 0 Reputation points
2 answers

How to Get SQL Logs (UPDATE, INSERT and DELETE)of Specific Table from SQL Server if Query run from Website.

Hi, How to Get SQL Logs (UPDATE, INSERT and DELETE)of Specific Table from SQL Server if Query run from Website. Please Help

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asked 2022-03-17T05:24:08.337+00:00
Faizan Ahmed 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-06-12T11:57:38.4266667+00:00
Ilya 0 Reputation points
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Best Practice to Decide Partition Table in SQL Server

Hi All, We have a database on SQL server with a large size (about 20 TB) and we plan to partition the existing tables in the database. but we are still confused to determine whether to partition the table, whether it should be partitioned…

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asked 2022-10-13T03:39:13.957+00:00
Arief Hardiansyah 51 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-04T20:30:39.26+00:00
Erland Sommarskog 124.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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iNLINE PIVOT QUERY SYNTAX ERROR

a PIVOT query runs without error on its own but gets a syntax query when made into an inline query

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asked 2025-05-20T19:01:28.2766667+00:00
Canaday, Susan L 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-21T13:58:53.9066667+00:00
Canaday, Susan L 0 Reputation points
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How to delete Old database backup files from Azure blob container through Using T-SQL script without using any Azure CLI and PowerShell commands.

Here is the corrected version of your sentence: We are facing an issue with deleting old backup files from the Azure Blob container. Our company is not willing to spend money on this deletion activity. Please let me know how to delete old database…

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asked 2025-06-03T10:07:37.5933333+00:00
Srinivas Naraipeddi 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-03T21:05:15.9966667+00:00
Erland Sommarskog 124.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator