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  • December 10, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    #910751

    I concur... haphazard formatting is tough on anything that expects a consistant format. OPENROWSET and Text Linked Servers do a pretty job job there.

    Of course, when you have haphazard formatting, it's time to get out the Wrist-Rocket and the pork chops and make an up close and personal visit with the data vendor. 😛

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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    How to post code problems
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