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SSMS and Execution Timeout - SQL in Sixty Seconds 209

SSMS and Execution Timeout – SQL in Sixty Seconds 209

January 13, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL DateTime, SQL Server Management Studio

Execution timeout in SSMS are a small but important feature that can help you manage query performance. Let us watch the video together.

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DATETRUNC

A Walkthrough – DATETRUNC Function in SQL Server

June 28, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime

One such tool is the DATETRUNC function, introduced in SQL Server 2022. Let’s take a journey to understand how this function can simplify date handling.

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Turning a Business Question Into a Query: Define the Metric First

March 1, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Business Intelligence, SQL DateTime, SQL Reports, SQL Server

Turn a business question into a tested T-SQL metric with explicit time zones, cancellations, returns, and a hand-checked sample.

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Preparing Time Series Features in T-SQL: Lags and Rolling Windows

February 1, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
AI, SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Prepare time series features with LAG, prior-day rolling windows, calendar flags, and gap boundaries that prevent accidental continuity.

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Convert Month

SQL SERVER – How to Convert Month Number to Month Name

November 23, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function

Let us learn How to Convert Month Number to Month Name. WE will see three methods in this blog post.

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TRY_CAST vs CAST: Finding Rows That Will Not Convert Before a Load

December 7, 2022
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
ETL, SQL Datatype, SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Server

Find text values that will not convert before loading, separate invalid and missing input, and use explicit date styles and culture parsing.

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Heartbeat Gaps: Finding Missing Check-Ins With LAG

June 28, 2022
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Monitoring, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Detect missing check-ins with LAG, report closed heartbeat gaps, and find silent or never-seen sources using an explicit UTC tolerance.

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