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  • RE: Why doesn’t ISNUMERIC work correctly? (SQL Spackle)

    James Stephens (12/1/2010)


    My original beef with isNumeric() was the single characters that returned 1. For example, a dot is not a number. Period. It's not "numeric". ...

  • RE: Weird query plan

    Maybe you have the plans misnamed, but "Without_repl_predicates" shows an Index scan (IndexScan Ordered="true") and the other plan shows the opposite??

    Anyway, while I'm playing with this, try doing the first...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Greg Edwards-268690 (12/1/2010)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/1/2010)


    Greg Edwards-268690 (12/1/2010)


    For the data warehouse - are you implying slowly changing dimensions?

    Although the 3 tables wouldn't seem necessary.

    There are no really good standards for a...

  • RE: Weird query plan

    Gianluca Sartori (12/1/2010)


    None of these predicates need to access the tables, so why a scan?

    Because you've got them all lumped together??? To my eyes, the code should say:

    ...

  • RE: Weird query plan

    Gianluca Sartori (12/1/2010)


    How can

    AND ({fn ISPALUSER('23320088-BB3F-46AC-905D-0F2A95181934')} = 1

    ...

  • RE: Weird query plan

    I don't see ISPALUSER in BOL. Can you script that function out for me?

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (12/1/2010)


    Which reminds me. Jack, I work in Orlando now. Let me know if you want me to present anything to your group again this winter. Was...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (12/1/2010)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/1/2010)


    This is the time to ask for a raise, methinks.

    Ask? What is this ask? I'm a consultant. "As of Jan 1st, the new hourly rate will be...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Greg Edwards-268690 (12/1/2010)


    For the data warehouse - are you implying slowly changing dimensions?

    Although the 3 tables wouldn't seem necessary.

    Yes and no. The way that slowly changing dimensions are implemented in...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (12/1/2010)


    You know there's a problem when...

    In the last 2 weeks there have been three resignations at current client:

    The senior developer (leaving only 2 permanent developers)

    The Chief Enterprise...

  • RE: Why doesn’t ISNUMERIC work correctly? (SQL Spackle)

    svetlana.davkovska (12/1/2010)


    This function is OK for integer numbers, what about decimal or negative ?

    I'm not sure I understand your question.

    If you test it, ISNUMERIC() will come out as true for...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (11/30/2010)


    For any that might be interested in an opportunity to heckle a threadizen, check this out[/url].

    The 744 pixel wide image doesn't really fit well unscaled in a 670...

  • RE: Why doesn’t ISNUMERIC work correctly? (SQL Spackle)

    Even people who think they know should read this article. I actually knew all about the punctuation and currency signs, but then I got to the "e" and "d" part....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (11/30/2010)


    GSquared (11/30/2010)


    If it were written:

    SELECT ..

    FROM T1

    inner join T2

    on T1.a >= T2.b

    inner join T3

    on T1.a <= T3.c;

    Would you still question it? It's the same...

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