Recently, we worked on a requirement that required us to deal with temporary data storage. This is when we started inserting data into our temp table. During this journey, we identified a few simple and easy-to-use approaches. In this article, we will discuss all those approaches to inserting data into the temp table in the … Read more
It is easy to retrieve all the column names in a table. Let’s understand the whole process using a real-time example. I have an existing table named Vehicle. I want to know the column names available inside that table. There are two simple approaches to getting this. Approach-1 Using the sys.columns We can execute the … Read more
Recently, my team was tasked with implementing a new feature in one of our products that requires adding a new column to an existing table in our SQL database. As a research, we have identified a few best approaches to do this. In this article, we will discuss 3 simple approaches to checking whether a … Read more
Recently, I had the opportunity to work on an important table where I just needed to rename a few columns. Though it looks so simple, since it was a production environment, I was a little careful while doing this. The first thing I did was take a proper backup, and then I followed one of … Read more
Recently, my team was required to add a new column with critical data to an existing table. We used the ALTER TABLE Statement in the SQL server to add a column to the table. But before that, we ensured that we took the proper backup. Let us discuss this with a real-time example to give … Read more
Temp tables in SQL Server can be local or global. The name of the local temporary table starts with a # symbol, whereas the name of the Global temp table starts with a ## symbol. Below are two simple approaches to creating the temp table. Approach 1: Using the standard Create statement You can use … Read more
We can use the identity column to generate an autogenerated and identity value in SQL Server. It has 2 values: seed and increment. Now, the new values will be autogenerated based on these values. The syntax is like below. Now, Let’s understand this concept with an example of when the reset identity column is required … Read more
There are multiple ways to check if a column is identity in SQL Server. We will discuss each approach individually. How to check if column is identity in SQL Server Approach-1: Using SQL Server Management Studio UI This is the most basic approach that you can utilize. For example, I have an Orders table with … Read more
I recently participated in a webinar, and one guy asked me about the possible approaches to disabling the identity column in SQL Server. Let me summarize the information for you. To turn off the identity column in SQL, you must set the IDENTITY_INSERT property to OFF. Let’s look at the complete steps with an example … Read more
By default, the SQL server won’t allow you to explicitly insert a value for an identity column. But I was surprised to see a requirement that I got from my client. There is no need to insert an explicit value for the identity column as it is auto-generated and auto-incremented. You just need to provide … Read more