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  • RE: Query to find which columns have different values in a pair of rows

    Marios, you know how hard this is without sample data and schema to work from.

    Are there identifiers that can be used to group these rows?

    Basically, what you're looking to do...


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  • RE: Having trouble with a join select query

    tarr94 (12/9/2011)


    I guess the best way to describe my problem is by giving sample data.

    Yep, but you'll want to make it consumable so we can provide you back tested code....


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  • RE: Truncation Error from the following logic

    mtassin (12/8/2011)


    I did... that's where the dates and times from above come from. 🙂

    D'oh, *facepalm*. Sorry.

    I'm wondering if this is a case of SSIS complaining about the incorrect...


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  • RE: Stored procedure Loop help please

    rwsmith 38519 (12/9/2011)


    Craig,

    Thanks! I really appreciate the help.

    That works for the most part. It does number the units, except it skips the first one. Basically starting at 1 with second...


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  • RE: No Overtime

    call.copse (12/9/2011)


    Evil Kraig F


    (...)

    As to a right to complain, I would disagree with that. Heck, I disagree with the removal of capital punishment, instead of a $0.15 bullet...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Koen Verbeeck (12/9/2011)


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    Koen Verbeeck (12/9/2011)


    It's get even worse. There's a channel with relative new movies (Green Lantern and Hangover II for example). Then there's another channel that plays the...


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  • RE: The Employment Contract

    andagr (12/9/2011)


    I would not like to have my duties spelled out exactly because I like different challenges as long as it's within my area of expertise, if I were asked...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Koen Verbeeck (12/9/2011)


    IE, why u no easily let me delete cache? (without deleting cookies and saved passwords).

    (woohoo, 6000th point :w00t: :cool:)

    Because Basement-Cat made IE.

    I apparently need to post more or...


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  • RE: The Employment Contract

    I personally do not want my job duties to be spelled out that completely. Most of the more interesting work I've done has been because someone dropped by my...


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  • RE: SSIS advised over stored procedure for this scenario?

    matt.newman (12/8/2011)


    It's on a Raid 1 because it was developed recently (before I got here) and pushed onto a fast and separate array than the other data is, but all...


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  • RE: Using Full-Text to "match" rows in two different tables

    It's a big topic and will require some research, but look into 'fuzzy lookup' in SSIS.


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  • RE: Very Odd Query to Select Data

    AndrewSQLDBA (12/8/2011)


    Craig

    After going over the results very closely, you are correct, and your initial code was perfect.

    Not sure what I had seen that I thought was not correct.

    I apologize to...


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  • RE: No Overtime

    Tony Palmeri (12/8/2011)


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    I dispute the notion that *all* laws (and all decisions) are arbitrary. Many perfectly good and just laws are made...


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  • RE: SSIS advised over stored procedure for this scenario?

    matt.newman (12/8/2011)


    DataWareHouse database on separate Raid 1 volume.

    Like living dangerously, I see? Might I recommend at least RAID5 so you can survive a single drive outage?

    I intend to re-architect...


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  • RE: Patterned SP performance issue

    DoubleEx (12/4/2011)


    Hi,

    I find no local jobs running on this server to account for interference and trace is only showing me when the performance problem occurs.

    Normally I would assume...


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