Here is a list of common wait types and techniques that every DBA (or wannabe DBA) should know. While there are many more wait types than listed here, understanding these will give you a leg up when ...

Integer to Character Conversion in SQL. SQL is a widely-used programming language for computer databases in business. Frequently, software developers need to combine different kinds of data, such ...

If you ever need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields, check out this demonstration of how to write a common sorting algorithm using SQL Server TSQL code.

What would you do...? Have a table (SQL Server 2008) that the user wants to record a fixed 8 character string in. At first glance, a CHAR seems the obvious selection since this value (an 8 ...

In SQL server char will allocate the full size specified even if not filled.<BR>varchar will allocate the smallest space using single byte language characters.<BR>nvarchar is the same as varchar ...