Find Duplicate Values with SQL Script

Let’s assume that data has been entered in a table and now you want to find if a table column have duplicated values. Here is an SQL script to join data from one table for comparison purpose. The table must have a primary key column (unique column) and the second column for comparison. Here is a sample script: Details: – DWDOCID is the primary key column – AIXFlag, is just a fixed value (optional) – SAMPLEEN is the table…

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FORMAT Function for Transact-SQL – T-SQL

Returns a value formatted with the specified format and optional culture in SQL Server 2016. Use the FORMAT function for locale-aware formatting of date/time and number values as strings. FORMAT ( value, format ) Return Types:  nvarchar or null The length of the return value is determined by the format. Remarks:   FORMAT returns NULL for errors other than a culture that is not valid. For example, NULL is returned if the value specified in format is not…

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Oracle PL/SQL – SQL Plus Startup Script with glogin.sql or login.sql

This article shows about how to configure the environment variable when SqlPlus – SqlPlus Command start up in order to have always a good behavior in the formatting of the result. You have to setup the Windows – Environment Variable (SQL Plus|SQL Developer)- SQLPATH with a directory. Copy then the file login.sql described below in it. This file is execute each time that you connect to a database with SQLPlus. SQLPATH in Windows environment (Windows Oracle server):  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOME0\ SQLPATH in…

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T/SQL Splint String/Text

One common task performed in database applications is given a full name, how can this be split into the first name and last name.  In this article, three different methods are discussed to perform this task using three different functions in SQL Server.  It is assumed in this article that the full name is just made up of one first name and one last name. Using SUBSTRING Function The first method is the use of the SUBSTRING string function,…

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