SQL Server 2012 introduced a new built-in logical function SQL IIF. It is a shorthand form of writing CASE statement logic or IF-ELSE logic.

We extract data from SQL Server tables along with various conditions. Usually, we have data in large amounts and SQL Between operator helps to extract a specific range of data from this huge data. For example, suppose we want to know the product sales between Jan 2019 to May 2019. In this case, we can use this operator in a SQL query.

This article explores the SQL Not Equal comparison operator (<>) along with its usage scenarios.

This article explores the Identity function in SQL Server with examples and differences between these functions.

This article explores the useful function SQL IF statement in SQL Server.

This article explores SQL Server Concatenate operations using the SQL Plus (+) operator and SQL CONCAT function.

This article explores the SQL ISNULL function to replace NULL values in expressions or table records with examples.

We use the SQL CHARINDEX function to find the position of a substring or expression in a given string. We might have a character in different positions of a string. SQL CHARINDEX returns the first position and ignores the rest of matching character positions in a string.

This article explores the DATEADD SQL function and its usage scenarios with various examples.

In this article, we will review the new SQL TRIM function in SQL Server 2017 onwards as well as providing some information on strings functions that pre-date it like LTRIM AND RTRIM.

This article explores the DATEPART SQL function and its use in writing t-SQL queries. In the previous article, SQL Convert Date Functions and Formats, we explored various data formats and convert them using SQL Convert function.

This article explains the SQL add column operation into an existing SQL table. We will also explore different examples of SQL add column operations.

This article explains to the SQL Union and vs Union All operators in SQL Server. We will also explore the difference between these two operators along with various use cases.

This article will provide a full overview, with examples of the SQL Outer join, including the full, right and left outer join as well as cover the union between SQL left and right outer joins.

This article covers the SQL INSERT INTO SELECT statement along with its syntax, examples and use cases.

This article will cover the SQL PARTITION BY clause and, in particular, the difference with GROUP BY in a select statement. We will also explore various use case of SQL PARTITION BY.

This article will cover the SQL ORDER BY clause including syntax, usage scenarios to sort out results in a Select statement.

This article will cover the SQL SELECT INTO statement including syntax, parameters and use with multiple tables, filegroups and a WHERE condition

In this article, we will explore various SQL Convert Date formats to use in writing SQL queries.