T-SQL

Rediscovered with
SQL Server 2012
GO BIG!
Jacob Sebastian, SQL Server MVP
jacob@beyondrelational.com

Agenda

What is todays date?

GETDATE()

What is Tomorrows Date?

GETDATE()+ 1

Beginning of the Month?

SELECT CAST (
CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR) + '-'
+ CAST(MONTH(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR) + '-'
+ '01' AS DATE
)

Beginning of the Month?

SELECT CAST (
CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR) + '-'
+ CAST(MONTH(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR) + '-'
+ '01' SQL
AS DATE
Server
)
2012

SELECT CAST (
CONCAT
(
YEAR(GETDATE()),'-',MONTH(GETDATE()),'-','01'
) AS DATE
)

CONCAT() Function
SELECT
FirstName + ' ' +
MiddleName + ' ' +
LastName AS CustomerName
FROM Customers
SELECT
ISNULL(FirstName,'') + ' ' +
ISNULL(MiddleName,'') + ' ' +
ISNULL(LastName,'') AS CustomerName
FROM Customers
SELECT
CONCAT(FirstName, ' ', MiddleName, ' ', LastName)
AS CustomerName
FROM Customers

Beginning of the Month?

SQL
Server
2012

SELECT CAST (
CONCAT
(
YEAR(GETDATE()),'-',MONTH(GETDATE()),'-','01'
) AS DATE SQL
Server
)
2012

SELECT
DATEFROMPARTS(YEAR(GETDATE()),MONTH(GETDATE()),1)

End of the Month?

SELECT DATEFROMPARTS
(
YEAR(GETDATE()),
MONTH(GETDATE()) + 1,
1
)
SELECT DATEADD
(
D,
-1,
DATEFROMPARTS(
YEAR(GETDATE()), MONTH(GETDATE()) + 1, 1
)
)

End of the Month?

SELECT DATEADD
(
D, -1,
DATEFROMPARTS(
CASE WHEN MONTH(GETDATE()) < 12
THEN YEAR(GETDATE())
ELSE YEAR(GETDATE()) + 1
END,
CASE WHEN MONTH(GETDATE()) = 12 THEN 1
ELSE MONTH(GETDATE()) + 1
END, 1
)
)

End of the Month?

SELECT DATEADD
(
SQL Server
D, SQL
-1,Server
2012
DATEFROMPARTS(
2012
YEAR(GETDATE()) + IIF(MONTH(GETDATE()) < 12, 0, 1),
IIF(MONTH(GETDATE()) = 12, 1, MONTH(GETDATE()) + 1),
1
)
)

IIF() Function
SELECT
CustName,
CASE IsActive
WHEN 1 THEN 'Yes'
ELSE 'No'
END AS IsActive
FROM Customers
SELECT
CustName,
IIF(IsActive = 1, 'Yes', 'No') AS IsActive
FROM Customers

End of the Month?

SELECT DATEADD
(
D, -1,
DATEFROMPARTS(
YEAR(GETDATE()) + IIF(MONTH(GETDATE()) < 12, 0, 1),
IIF(MONTH(GETDATE()) = 12, 1, MONTH(GETDATE()) + 1),
1
)
)
SQL Server
2012

SELECT EOMONTH(GETDATE())

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 101) -- 03/13/2012

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 101) -- 03/13/2012

PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 102) -- 2012.03.13

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 101) -- 03/13/2012
PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 102) -- 2012.03.13
PRINT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 103) -- 13/03/2012

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,

GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),

101)
102)
103)
104)

-----

03/13/2012
2012.03.13
13/03/2012
13.03.2012

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,

GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),

101)
102)
103)
104)
105)

------

03/13/2012
2012.03.13
13/03/2012
13.03.2012
13-03-2012

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,

GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),

101)
102)
103)
104)
105)
106)

-------

03/13/2012
2012.03.13
13/03/2012
13.03.2012
13-03-2012
13 Mar 2012

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,

GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),

101)
102)
103)
104)
105)
106)
107)

--------

03/13/2012
2012.03.13
13/03/2012
13.03.2012
13-03-2012
13 Mar 2012
Mar 13, 2012

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,

GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),

101)
102)
103)
104)
105)
106)
107)
108)

---------

03/13/2012
2012.03.13
13/03/2012
13.03.2012
13-03-2012
13 Mar 2012
Mar 13, 2012
20:33:13

Format Date: 2011-01-01 12:30

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,
CONVERT(VARCHAR,

GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),
GETDATE(),

101)
102)
103)
104)
105)
106)
107)
108)

---------

03/13/2012
2012.03.13
13/03/2012
13.03.2012
13-03-2012
13 Mar 2012
Mar 13, 2012
20:33:13

PRINT
SQL
REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR,
GETDATE(), 102), '.', '-')
Server
+ ' ' + 2012
LEFT(CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 108), 5)
PRINT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm')

FORMAT() Function
PRINT FORMAT(
GETDATE(),
'"-- Demonstrated On" yyyy-MM-dd "at" hh:mm')
-- Demonstrated on 2012-03-13 at 09:03

PRINT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssZ')

2012-03-13T09:03:03Z

Error Handling

Pagination

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PARSE()
DECLARE @dt DATE = '03/05/2012'
SELECT @dt
-- March 5, 2012
-- May 3, 2012

DECLARE @dt DATE = PARSE('03/05/2012' AS DATE USING 'en-US')

-- March 5, 2012
DECLARE @dt DATE = PARSE('03/05/2012' AS DATE USING 'en-US')

-- May 3, 2012

TRY_PARSE()
DECLARE @str CHAR(10) = '15/03/2012' - Loaded from a file
DECLARE @dt DATE = PARSE(@str AS DATE USING 'en-US')

DECLARE @str CHAR(10) = '15/03/2012' - Loaded from a file

SELECT TRY_PARSE(@str AS DATE USING 'en-US')

-- NULL
SELECT TRY_PARSE(@str AS DATE USING 'en-GB')

-- March 15, 2012

TRY_CONVERT()
DECLARE @x VARCHAR(100) = '<Students name="jacob"></students>'
SELECT CAST(@x as xml).value('(/Students/@name)[1]', 'VARCHAR(100)')

DECLARE @x VARCHAR(100) = '<Students name="jacob"></students>'

SELECT
TRY_CONVERT(xml, @x).value('(/Students/@name)[1]', 'VARCHAR(100)')

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Rows

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Rows
ID

Time

Type

2011-01-01 10:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 18:00:00

OUT

2011-01-02 10:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 10:05:00

IN

2011-01-01 19:00:00

OUT

2011-01-01 11:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 17:00:00

OUT

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Rows
ID

Time

Type

2011-01-01 10:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 18:00:00

OUT

2011-01-02 10:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 10:05:00

IN

2011-01-01 19:00:00

OUT

2011-01-01 11:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 17:00:00

OUT

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Rows
Row#

ID

Time

Type

2011-01-01 10:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 18:00:00

OUT

2011-01-02 10:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 10:05:00

IN

2011-01-01 19:00:00

OUT

2011-01-01 11:00:00

IN

2011-01-01 17:00:00

OUT

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Rows
Row

ID

Time

Type

Row

ID

Time

Type

2011-01-01 10:00:00 IN

2011-01-01 10:00:00 IN

2011-01-01 18:00:00 OUT

2011-01-01 18:00:00 OUT

2011-01-02 10:00:00 IN

2011-01-02 10:00:00 IN

2011-01-01 10:05:00 IN

2011-01-01 10:05:00 IN

2011-01-01 19:00:00 OUT

2011-01-01 19:00:00 OUT

2011-01-01 11:00:00 IN

2011-01-01 11:00:00 IN

2011-01-01 17:00:00 OUT

2011-01-01 17:00:00 OUT

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Questions

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