The FORMAT function returns a value formatted with the specified format and optional culture. Expression of a supported data type to format. For a list of valid types, see the table in the Remarks ...

Once deployed to the SQL Server, the CLR function appears in the Programmability, Functions, Scalar-valued Functions folder of the database, much like a T-SQL user-defined function. See Figure 1 for a ...

When i use Datetime.ToString( ) to format date for group registers by MM/yyyy for example, it would be nice if EF could translate this for native SQL function FORMAT. Simple example below: ...

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Examine the optimal data migration strategy in light of the SQL Server system’s capacity to withstand overhead and outages. Use the most efficient method measured in terms of downtime to migrate the ...

Hi readers,in this blog, we will discuss the inbuilt functions of sql which are used to perform calculations on data. all inbuilt functions are provided to make the task easier to do and we can easily ...

This function is capable of being remoted to SQL Server 2012 servers and later. Unfortunately, it won't be remoted to servers that have a version below SQL Server 2012. SELECT DATETIMEFROMPARTS (2012, ...

To encrypt and decrypt a string we have a predefined functions in sql server 2008 that are easy to use. suppose we want to save some data that doesn't need to be exposed as a plain text then in such ...