SQL Server Date functions DateAdd() DateDiff(), DatePart(), GetDate()

Note: This article is intended for beginners, who want to gain more knowledge and understanding on SQL Server Date Function.. Here I am explaining about some of the commonly used Date Functions. in my previous one article i have already explained about DATENAME() function which i am not going to explain again. You can find… Continue reading

Silverlight 4 Training Kit from Microsoft

Silverlight 4 Training Kit The Silverlight 4 Training Course includes hands-on-labs, a video and a whitepaper designed to help you learn about the new features in Silverlight 4 focusing on three major areas: Enabling Business Application Development, Empowering Richer Experiences and Moving Beyond the Browser. Some of the new highly anticipated features include Printing, WebCam… Continue reading

DATENAME() function in SQ Server

SQL has a DateName function, however it takes a datetime as a parameter, not a number Usage is as follows DATENAME(month,date) returns Month Name Sample Query SELECT DATENAME(month, GETDATE()) AS ‘Month Name’—————————— Output: January   Suppose i want to print previous month date, how can i do. There is a quick way. print(DATENAME(month,DATEADD (month ,… Continue reading

Design Patterns – ‘Abstract Factory’

Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes.  An AbstractFactory is a class that exists to create instances of another class. Described on page 87 of the DesignPatternsBook. Typically, if you want to construct instances of a class, where the class is selected at run time, you…… Continue reading