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VM-723206
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Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 9:29 PM
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Ronald H
Ronald H
Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:21 AM
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Hrm, why did I do left 4!
Ronald Hensbergen
Help us, help yourself... Post data so we can read and use it:
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2+2=5 for significant large values of 2
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Adrian Charles Chetwynd-Talbot...
Adrian Charles Chetwynd-Talbot...
Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:15 AM
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excellent question using left and right and the modulus sign .only problem remember to take the remainder for the answer not the amount left after a divide to a whole integer
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webrunner
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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:51 AM
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Nice question. One thing would have made it harder: having a fake string conversion error as an option. Honestly, I did not know that LEFT does an implicit conversion, but because there was no error as a choice, I figured it would convert correctly and then was able to work out the right - or should I say correct - answer.
So I'm happy that I got the correct answer, but I'm not happy that I didn't know about the implicit conversion. I suppose I should be happy, though, because that means that there is always more to learn with SQL Server!
- webrunner
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"The chemistry must be respected." - Walter White
"A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and says 'Can I join you?'"
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Chris Harshman
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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:54 AM
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webrunner (4/21/2009)
...One thing would have made it harder: having a fake string conversion error as an option...
I think that would have made the question worth the 2 points assigned to it. Not sure why a simple question like this is worth 2 points without it.
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Cliff Jones
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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:59 AM
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Chris Harshman (4/21/2009)
webrunner (4/21/2009)
...One thing would have made it harder: having a fake string conversion error as an option...
I think that would have made the question worth the 2 points assigned to it. Not sure why a simple question like this is worth 2 points without it.
It was pay back for yesterday's question. Thanks Steve.
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OCTom
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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:04 AM
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Implicit conversion to/from strings? I would have expected an error. But, since that wasn't a choice, I calc'd it and came up with the answer. It's always nice to learn something new.
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JF1081
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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:54 AM
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I got the right and left part, I even figured it would convert as needed. What I couldn't do, was remember how Modulo worked. For some reason I thought to myself: 10 goes into 68 6 times, that must be correct. Then I got it wrong and immediately knew where I failed
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor
Steve Jones - SSC Editor
Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:45 AM
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I put this as two as I thought it was slightly more interesting, and required more thought, than lots of the T-SQL ones we have.
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Chris Harshman
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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:47 AM
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Steve Jones - Editor (4/21/2009)
I put this as two as I thought it was slightly more interesting, and required more thought, than lots of the T-SQL ones we have.
I'm not complaining, just saying I was suprised
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