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Hugo Kornelis
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:25 AM
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Good question. Thanks, Tom! ;)
To me, it was immediately obvious that the v3=v2 / v2=v3 error was a mistake made when entering the question and not a deliberate trick.
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Bob Cullen-434885
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:35 AM
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While not exactly a comment on the outcome of this question, I do wonder whether people out there actually use variants. I never have, and also don't see the case for them.
The QotD seems increasingly to have very "clever" questions about T-SQL behaviour that are most esoteric and have little bearing on my day to day use of the language.
Or maybe I'm just weird
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Toreador
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:42 AM
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Hugo Kornelis (11/30/2011)
To me, it was immediately obvious that the v3=v2 / v2=v3 error was a mistake made when entering the question and not a deliberate trick.
Same here, but that was largely because I've followed Tom's comments on these forums for a while and didn't think he'd resort to trick questions
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Hugo Kornelis
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:54 AM
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Toreador (11/30/2011)
Hugo Kornelis (11/30/2011)
To me, it was immediately obvious that the v3=v2 / v2=v3 error was a mistake made when entering the question and not a deliberate trick.
Same here, but that was largely because I've followed Tom's comments on these forums for a while and didn't think he'd resort to trick questions
True that. Would the question have come from someone I didn't know yet, I would have picked the same answer, but with less confidence in the outcome. It is a sad fact that some of the questions submitted to the QotD are indeed trick questions.
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Ben Harding
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 4:22 AM
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Good question thanks Tom. Made learn more about sql_variant comparisons.
Got the answer wrong though as thought it was a trick question too.
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:22 AM
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I never even noticed the typo, my brain just equated "v3=v2" to "v2=v3" and saw them as the same thing.
Guess it's a good job I'm tired
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Thomas Abraham
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:40 AM
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Good question, excellent explanation. Now please explain:
Crois-tu qu'on s'enivre pour s'amuser? Etre ivrogne ce n'est pas une sinécure... Si tu savais l'attention et la persévérance qu'il faut! Toujours à remplir des verres et à les vider. On vous prend pour un riche oisif, en fait c'est un travail de plongeur.
I was curious when I saw "plonguer", even though I don't speak French. (German, Greek, and Spanish, but no French) The word caught my eye because, in my misspent youth, I read "Down and Out in Paris and London", where, I believe, Orwell was a "plonguer" - the lowest of the low - a dishwasher. Or, am I fooled by a similar word? (The rest of the sig line I was able to translate using an online translator. But, it translated "plonguer" to "diver", which didn't seem to fit the context.)
Later: Duh, must be a slang use of the word for diver in reference to diving into the sink after dishes! Too literal this morning.
Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.
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L' Eomot Inversé
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:44 AM
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stupid erroneous repsonse to comment. edited away.
Tom
Que conclure à la fin de tous mes longs propos? C'est que les préjugés sont la raison des sots. (Voltaire, 1756)
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L' Eomot Inversé
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:48 AM
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stupid erroneous response edited out.
Tom
Que conclure à la fin de tous mes longs propos? C'est que les préjugés sont la raison des sots. (Voltaire, 1756)
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L' Eomot Inversé
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Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:51 AM
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erroneous post
Tom
Que conclure à la fin de tous mes longs propos? C'est que les préjugés sont la raison des sots. (Voltaire, 1756)
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