Microsoft introduced the CURRENT_TIMEZONE() function in SQL Server 2019 for returning the time zone of the server.
More specifically, this function “returns the name of the time zone observed by a server or an instance”.
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4 Ways to Find Out What Columns will be Returned by a Stored Procedure in SQL Server
If you ever find yourself in the situation where you’re about to execute a stored procedure, but you suddenly catch yourself. You wonder “How many columns does this thing return? Which tables? Does it query a remote server?”
The good news is there are several ways to get this information before you run the query. Let’s look at them.
Continue readingORDER BY items must appear in the select list if the statement contains a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator (SQL Server)
If you’re running a query in SQL Server, and you get the following error…
Msg 104, Level 16, State 1, Line 8
ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if the statement contains a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator.…you should check your SQL statement – you’ve probably omitted a column from your SELECT list.
As the error message implies, you’ll probably only see this error if you’re running a query that contains a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator.
Simply adding the column to your SELECT list should fix the problem.
Create a Multi-Step SQL Server Agent Job (T-SQL)
In a previous article about creating a SQL Server Agent job with T-SQL, I demonstrated how to create a job with a single step.
In this article, I’ll show you how to create a job with multiple steps.
Continue readingHow to Do a LEFT SEMI JOIN in SQL Server
A LEFT SEMI JOIN is kind of a half-join. It returns any distinct values that are returned by both the query on the left and right sides of the query.
However, when using T-SQL in SQL Server, if you try to explicitly use LEFT SEMI JOIN in your query, you’ll probably get the following error:
How to Do a LEFT ANTI SEMI JOIN in SQL Server
A LEFT ANTI SEMI JOIN is a type of join that returns only those distinct rows in the left rowset that have no matching row in the right rowset.
But when using T-SQL in SQL Server, if you try to explicitly use LEFT ANTI SEMI JOIN in your query, you’ll probably get the following error:
List of Date Formats Available with CONVERT() in SQL Server
The following table contains a list of the date formats that you can provide to the CONVERT() function when you convert a date/time value to a string.
These formats are provided as an optional third argument when calling the CONVERT() function. They’re provided as an integer expression that specifies how the CONVERT() function will format the date.
4 Ways to Get a List of Schedules in SQL Server Agent (T-SQL)
In this article, I present four options for using T-SQL to return the schedules that are attached to a SQL Server Agent job.
Continue readingCreate a SQL Server Agent Schedule with T-SQL
When using T-SQL, you can use the sp_add_schedule stored procedure to add a SQL Server Agent schedule.
This procedure creates the schedule, but it doesn’t attach it to any jobs. To attach it to a job, you must use the sp_attach_schedule procedure.
You can also use sp_add_jobschedule to create the schedule and attach it all with the same procedure.
3 Ways to Return a List of SQL Server Agent Jobs (T-SQL)
Often the quickest way to get a list of SQL Server Agent jobs is to simply expand the SQL Server Agent node in the SSMS Object Explorer.
But that’s not the only way. And depending on your environment, it might not even be an option. If you don’t have SSMS or a database tool that allows you to see the SQL Server Agent jobs, you may need to use T-SQL instead.
In this article, I present three options for returning a list of SQL Server Agent jobs when using T-SQL.
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