In MySQL, you can use the DATE_FORMAT() function with the %b format specifier to return the short month name. For example, you can return Jan or Feb instead of January or February.
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How to Back Up an Azure SQL Edge Database to Local Disk using T-SQL
Microsoft Azure SQL Edge’s backup capabilities are similar to those in SQL Server on Linux, and SQL Server running in containers.
Azure SQL Edge supports T-SQL, and so you can back up your SQL Edge databases by running a T-SQL statement.
In this article, I back up a SQL Edge database to the local disk in my Docker container.
2 Functions that Return the Month Name from a Date in MySQL
The following two functions enable us to get the month name from a date in MySQL.
How to Backup the Transaction Logs in Azure SQL Edge (T-SQL)
By default, databases created in Azure SQL Edge use the simple recovery model. This means that you can’t perform log backups on these databases.
Fortunately, you can change a database’s recovery model to full recovery mode, which will enable you to back up the logs.
2 Ways to Concatenate a String and a Number in Oracle
In Oracle Database, we can concatenate strings and numbers with the CONCAT() function or the pipe concatenation operator (||).
How to Change the Recovery Model of a Database in Azure SQL Edge using T-SQL
By default, databases created with Azure SQL Edge use the simple recovery model. This means that you can’t perform log backups on these databases.
If you need to perform log backups on a database created with SQL Edge, you’ll need to change the recovery model of the database to either full or bulk logged.
This can be done with T-SQL with the ALTER DATABASE statement.
How to Format Numbers in Oracle
In Oracle Database, you can format numbers in many ways.
For example, you can format a number as a currency, with commas and decimal points in the right place. You can specify leading zeros, you can add a fractional part – or remove it, if that’s what’s required.
How to Install SQL Server on an M1 Mac (ARM64)
Update January 2026: When I wrote this article in 2021, the full SQL Server image couldn’t be installed on Apple Silicon machines (the M1 Macs). We had to install SQL Edge instead, which is why I wrote this article. Fortunately, things have progressed since then, and we can now install the full SQL Server image on Apple Silicon machines (including M1, M2, M3, M4).
Therefore, I recommend you read How to Install SQL Server on a Mac in 2026 instead of this article. It’s a very similar process to the one outlined in this article, but it actually installs SQL Server instead of SQL Edge (which has since been retired).
Return the Short Day Name from a Date in Oracle
In Oracle Database, we can use the TO_CHAR(datetime) function to return the various date parts from a datetime value, including the short day name.
The short day name is also referred to as the abbreviated day name. In any case, below are examples of returning the short day name from a date value in Oracle.