Category: General

  • DATETIMEOFFSETFROMPARTS function – SQL Server Denali

    This function is also new to SQL Server denali however this function got some more arguments compared to DATETIMEFROMPARTS function. I’m not sure how frequently we will use this as it’s more precise to give you the values.  If the arguments are not valid then an error is raised or if the argument is NULL…

  • DATETIMEFROMPARTS function – SQL Server Denali

    This function is new to SQL Server denali to return datetime value from the input given. This function is similar to DATETIME2FROMPARTS  however here we don’t have fractions and precision argument instead we have milliseconds argument here.  If the arguments are not valid then an error is raised or if the argument is NULL then…

  • DATETIME2FROMPARTS function – SQL Server Denali

    We have one more new date time function in Denali. DATETIME2FROMPARTS is the function name which is used to returns datetime2 value for the input value given.  If the arguments are not valid then an error is raised or if the argument is NULL then it will return a NULL value. This function is to…

  • Deploying Data Tier Application (DAC) Package

    Last week I wrote an article for Creating DAC packages. Today I’m going to cover how to deploy a DAC package. It’s very easy  for the DBA’s to deploy the DAC in few clicks that means in few clicks database implementation will get completed, it’s as simple as like that. I’m going to use the…

  • Creating a Data Tier Application (DAC) Package

    In previously article I’ve covered what is DAC package and how it helps during deployment. In this article I’m going we are going to see how can we create a new data tier application (DAC) package for deployment. All SQL Server related objects can be included in this package for deployment, this includes both database…