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  • RE: cannot get DISTINCT results from nested inner joins

    lionwelp (7/26/2010)


    They are both in the same record

    Okay, this goes back to my second to last post. Will the data ALWAYS be that way?

    If not, you're out of luck. You...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hey, now! "Size matters not!"

    ...I've seen bigger anyway. @=)

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  • RE: cannot get DISTINCT results from nested inner joins

    lionwelp (7/26/2010)


    It is a matter of priority, first and foremost is it the lowest Status, second is highest druk_nr (there is also a date/time, but i guess that's just further...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Confuzzled.

    My normal state of existence. @=)

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/24/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (7/23/2010)


    Speedo under the black ghost cloak...

    GAH!!!! Now I have to jab out my mind's-eye!

    Here, Jeff! Grab this bottle of Brain Bleach!

    The pain will...

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  • RE: Is the industry loosing respect for the traditional DBA?

    David O (7/9/2010)


    BTW, first this I should learn about Teradata is how to spell it correctly.

    Nah. Not knowing how to spell the product will get your resume in the doors...

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  • RE: Published again

    ...and AGAIN...

    I wrote a chapter for Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing.

    It's currently available in ePub versions and Kindle (see .sig for links).

    Soon to...

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  • RE: passing variables to sql task from script task

    Glad I could help. Let me know if you have any other questions on this subject.

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  • RE: LIKE (Wild Card) Functionality in Conditional Split Transformation

    xanthos (9/1/2008)


    The substring functio should be:

    SUBSTRING(name,1,2) = "ab"

    Actually, the substring function should be SUBSTRING(name,1,2) == "ab".

    If you use a single = sign, SSIS assumes you are assigning a value to...

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  • RE: CTE - Avoiding the cursor

    Chris Morris-439714 (7/16/2010)


    Eugene Elutin (6/30/2010)


    Actually, recursive CTE is not far from RBAR (can be even worse in performance)...

    Not strictly true. A good example of RBAR would be performing a running...

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  • RE: CTE - Avoiding the cursor

    Just an FYI:

    Earlier, I was seeing 3 duplicate numbers when running your original NewID() solution. Repeated runnings seems to generate between 0 - 5 duplicate numbers with no discernible pattern...

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  • RE: CTE - Avoiding the cursor

    Eugene Elutin (7/12/2010)

    Sorry, but your real issue is not reading answers carefully and not trying to run given samples of code.

    And perhaps you should test your own code too?

    Yes, I...

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  • RE: problem with xp_cmdshell and proxy

    Glad I could help.

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  • RE: Help with dynamic cross-tab

    Ah. Yes. Pivot does require aggregation. Sorry. I didn't realize that's what you're doing.

    Hmm. Now I'm wondering if there's a way to trick Pivot into doing an aggregation that isn't...

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  • RE: "Invalid Column" syntax error when using IF EXISTS

    Bleargh. I had a feeling that was going to be the answer.

    Oh, well. If I hadn't asked the question, there would have been an alternative. @=)

    Thanks, Gail.

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