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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 1

I agree that the question is murky due to the exceptions. It took me 25 minutes to figure this one out; it forced my to read BOL really carefully.

Thanks, Joe!

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 2

Nice straightforward question and unambiguous answer options.

But rather that that odd chunk of code with the odd choice of languages the explanation would have done better to say simply that conversion from any style with a 2 digit century depends on the cut-off year and hence is nondeterministic, and conversion to or from any style that includes a month name depends on the current language and hence is nondeterministic.

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Revenant (3/22/2013)
I agree that the question is murky due to the exceptions. It took me 25 minutes to figure this one out; it forced my to read BOL really carefully.
Thanks, Joe!

+1

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Olga B SSCommitted Points: 1529 More actions · Answer 5

Koen Verbeeck (3/22/2013)
So a part of the correct answer is "all styles below 100" are non-deterministic, but another answer is "not 20,21", because they are deterministic...

Well, the question was which styles are deterministic, so the answer was "Styles 20,21 and all styles above 100 are deterministic, except 106,107,109, and 113."

PChiragS SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4965 More actions · Answer 6

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March 23, 2013 at 8:32 pm

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great question..

mtassin SSC-Insane Points: 23099 More actions · Answer 7

BLAH! This is not my Monday... I saw all the correct answers, and answered the question as if it were asking for the non-deterministic, not the deterministic ones...

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db4breakfast Ten Centuries Points: 1097 More actions · Answer 8

m mcdonald (3/22/2013)
The way I read there are only 2 correct answers:
not 106,107,109,113
20,21
The answer, and included as a correct answer
Styles greater than 100
Cannot be correct because of the exceptions 106,107,109,113.
The answer appears to have been incorrectly parsed...
From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178091.aspx
Source or target type is datetime or smalldatetime, the other source or target type is a character string, and a nondeterministic style is specified. To be deterministic, the style parameter must be a constant. Additionally, styles less than or equal to 100 are nondeterministic, except for styles 20 and 21. Styles greater than 100 are deterministic, except for styles 106, 107, 109 and 113.
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I agree with you. Good question anyway. 🙂

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David Conn SSCertifiable Points: 5980 More actions · Answer 9

Interesting Question even though I don't see any reason to be using the Datatime Data Type this far into the 21st Century.

sqlnaive SSCoach Points: 17437 More actions · Answer 10

Interesting question. After around 45 mins of hardwork, i figured out wrong answers. Still need to understand the question and justify answers for my own knowledge. Good challenging one though. 🙂

Arno Kwetters Hall of Fame Points: 3704 More actions · Answer 11

Yeah, special numbers has a special meaning in terms of formatting