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Handling NULL values in SQL Server 2005

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In the simplest terms, a NULL value represents an unknown value. It's unknown in the sense that the value is: missing from the system, may not be applicable in the current situation, or might be added later. NULL values are different than any other value and are sometimes hard to compare and handle.

2007-09-20

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create log tables and trigger modyfied

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i was trying to use the script 'create log tables and trigger' by well0549 it was very helpfull but at some tables it just didnt work ..later i find out that these tables have an identity columns but they were tinyint or small int .. i didnt do much but i did add less than […]

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2007-11-14 (first published: )

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SSRS Multi-Select

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Regarding:Multi-Select Parameters for Reporting ServicesRegular Columnist : Adriaan Davel Posted: 08/13/2007  Our solution:Create a table function to parse the values into a table.Usage:In a stored procedure called by SSRS, pass the multi-select values into this function to return a table of key/value pairs.ie:select * from fnCSV_Parse (',' , 'ca,de,ny,wa')yeilds:tblID       Keys-----------------1        […]

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2007-08-13

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