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What is the difference between the GETUTCDATE and SYSUTCDATETIME functions?

These functions return data as UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time). In case of the GETUTCDATE(), the precision is in milliseconds. SYSUTCDATETIME() has a default precision of 7 digits after the seconds (aka nanoseconds). Continue reading What is the difference between the GETUTCDATE and SYSUTCDATETIME functions?

#SqlServer interview question: What are ranking functions?

Ranking functions return a ranking value for each row in a partition. All the ranking functions are non-deterministic. Each of the ranking functions also needs the OVER( ) clause.

The different ranking functions are as follows: Continue reading #SqlServer interview question: What are ranking functions?