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  • RE: problem with stored procedure

    I'm kind of surprised your max version with that code isn't 2.3.0.18.

    However, it's varchar(). You shouldn't be running into a serious problem ... YET. Not until you're dealing...


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  • RE: Update Trigger for changes to the Primary Key

    ted_oconnor (12/5/2011)


    My concern is this: How do I link the two pseudo tables Inserted and Deleted when checking for changes?

    You can't. This is why you need to...


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  • RE: Splitting a Date range

    MathewK (12/2/2011)


    Kraig,

    That was awesome!!

    i was running around in circles trying to use the While loops and getting no where. The Tally helps, with a little tweaking to the code...


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  • RE: Splitting a Date range

    Jeff Moden (12/3/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (12/1/2011)


    Ugh, nasty. You need a row-repeater. Which means... To the TALLY!

    BWAAA-HAAA!!!! Beer popsicles... Dust Bunnies... nicely done Tally Table solutions... and a...


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  • RE: Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/5/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (12/5/2011)


    For Express because of laptops? That seems a stretch to me.

    Does the inclusion/use of TDE on Express preclude or interfere with...


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  • RE: How to Increment a Row?

    Charmer,

    how are you dealing with concurrency concerns here, IE: Two people are doing the same thing at once, both receive the value (for example) 00004081, and they both try to...


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  • RE: Update statement for when a specific field changes

    Dev (12/5/2011)


    But a much better approach would be using the COLUMNS_UPDATED function.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186329.aspx

    It requires bit comparison. If OP is comfortable with it, GO Ahead. I usually avoid it...


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  • RE: service broker

    MasterDB (12/5/2011)


    if i execute the procedure manually it is dequeuing, but it is not dequeuing automatically from that procedure..

    Sounds like the activation procedure isn't set or is running under a...


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  • RE: No Overtime

    Jeffrey Irish (12/5/2011)


    I have not received overtime for a very, very long time while I routinely work 55 to 70 hours per week, depending.

    Last job I had like that I...


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  • RE: Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

    I'm going to have to disagree here. Once of the direct concerns for TDE is the separation of data and hosting instance. In a scenario for laptops and...


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  • RE: Asynchronous Procesing with Service Broker

    wesley.boyd (12/5/2011)


    Just a quick stupid one!

    Ive set this up in its own MyAppServiceBrokerDB and it works fine for local stored procs.

    How do i execute sp's in a different database? (both...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (12/2/2011)


    GSquared (12/2/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (12/2/2011)


    Happy putzy week-end (I hope I got the meaning right!).

    Definition 1: unintelligent person: somebody regarded as very unintelligent and unpleasant

    But I was just quoting Blazing Saddles because...


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  • RE: Storing "BLOB" data

    Barkingdog (12/2/2011)


    We have a third part app that needs to store a PDF file in a sql 2008 database. I recommended using varbinary(MAX) but the app doesn't recognize that type....


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  • RE: Indexing queries

    Divine Flame (12/2/2011)


    Not able to view the plan attached. May be you need to attach it again.

    Sorry, had to comment. L, awesome avatar. 🙂


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  • RE: Optimize hint has huge implications. Why?

    nico van niekerk (12/1/2011)


    Cool stuff, Craig.

    I'd like to delve deeper into your observations before I update the statistics thereby destroying this particular scenario. Earlier I did pull FileSummaries into a...


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