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About vivekjohari

Database Consultant with more than 11.5 years of experience in database designing & programming and DBA related activities.  Had good experience on different databases like SQL Server, MySQL & Oracle, Azure SQL &  Big Data.

AVG() function in SQL Server

Avg():- This function is used to get the average value of a numeric column Syntax:-       SELECT AVG(column_name) FROM table_name In this article, we are going to use the following table for some examples:- CREATE TABLE [dbo]. [Employee]( [Empid] [Int] … Continue reading

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UPPER() function in SQL Server

UPPER():- This function is used to convert the value of a column to upper case.  Syntax:    SELECT UPPER(string) OR Select UPPER(Column name) from tablename For example,   SELECT UPPER(‘Vivek’) Result:    VIVEK

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LEN() function in SQL Server

LEN():- This function is used to get the length of the given string value.   Syntax:-     Select len (stringvalue)   For example,     Select len(‘Vivek Johari’)    Result:-    12

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LOWER() function in SQL Server

LOWER():- This function is used to convert the value of a column to lower case  Syntax:-  Select LOWER (string)    or    SELECT LOWER(column_name) FROM table_name For example, SELECT LOWER(‘Vivek Johari’) Result:- vivek johari

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LTRIM() function in SQL Server

LTRIM ():- This function is used to get the string after the removal of leading blank spaces. Syntax:- LTRIM ( character_expression ) For example:- Select LTRIM  (‘  Vivek Johari’) Result:- Vivek Johari (without blank spaces on left side)

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Substring() function in SQL Server

Substring():- This function is used to return the specified number (third argument “len”) of characters from a given string(first argument) from the start position as specified as the second argument. Syntax:-    Select  SUBSTRING ( expression ,start , length ) … Continue reading

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Max() function in SQL Server

Max():- This function gives the maximum value of the selected column Syntax:- Select Max (col1) from table_name In this article, we are going to use the following table for the examples:- CREATE TABLE [dbo]. [Employee]( [Empid] [Int] IDENTITY (1, 1) … Continue reading

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AND and OR Operator in Sql Server

And & Or:- These Operators are used to further filter the recordset return by SQL queries when more than one conditions are specified. In case of “AND” all the conditions must be true and in case of “OR” any of … Continue reading

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RTRIM() function in SQL Server

RTRIM():-This function is used to get the string after the removal of all trailing blanks. Syntax:- RTRIM ( character_expression ) For example:- Select RTRIM(‘Vivek Johari  ‘) Result:- Vivek Johari (without blank spaces on Right side)

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SUM() function in SQL Server

Sum():- This function is used to get the sum of values of the specified numeric column.  Syntax:-  Select Sum (column_name) from tablename Example:- In this article, we are going to use the following table for the examples:- CREATE TABLE [dbo]. … Continue reading

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