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  • RE: SSIS - Stop DataFlow task if result set is empty help

    Simply put, you can't (at least up to 2k8), which is why you're having trouble with it. The Data Flow task is actually a single component, it doesn't have...


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  • RE: Urgent help in DataType conversion

    ramana3327 (10/7/2014)


    I have a table which has manufacturing date column but they use the varchar instead of datetime datatype.

    You'll need to convert them then compare as the easiest method. ...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Koen Verbeeck (10/7/2014)


    Maybe he's schizophrenic.

    I'm Crazy!

    I am NOT!

    Yes, I AM!

    Dammit, you two, shut up! This isn't getting the four of us anywhere.

    (beat)

    Four?


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    djj (10/7/2014)


    Finally someone listened. We had a meeting today and we are looking to revamp the entire phone number storage.

    Not because I suggested it, but a need for the...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: I need some guidance on real time SSRS applications

    I believe we need to disabuse you of a notion you seem to have.

    SSRS and SSIS are not meant to be real time applications, not in the way it's traditionally...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: How do you approach undocumented code?

    I've inherited tragedies similar to what you describe.

    My first step is to open Visio. My second step is cancel my meetings for a week.

    I create a hybrid DFD/Processing Diagram....


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Congratulations Jason and Jack. Well deserved.

    Sorry I've been AWOL lately. Anything else I've missed in the last week and a half or so? Work's been taking it...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    Great list! Sent the link around the office.

    There's a commandment missing from this, though it's somewhat related to the Aye Aye Capt'n Bligh Commandment:

    We are not the business; we...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: How to perform mathematical formula without using case.

    shahi.alokchandra (9/17/2014)


    Actually i am having more then 100000 rows in table and if i use functions then my index might not be called.,that why want to avoid cases and functions.

    Just...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Varbinary(max) parameters in Nested Stored Procedures by value or reference

    I can confirm that (MAX) (any form) variables are passed byVal up to version 2K8 R2. byRef is reserved only for the table variable parameter, and that is a...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: SSIS Package Advice

    I don't mean to be a complete schmuck, but that's the kind of thing I get hired for, not volunteer on a board to help folks do their work and...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm fueling up my motorcycle, packing a small backpack, and will be visiting each and everyone one of you on the days that you say your meat's ready.

    I don't have...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    courtney.smith (9/16/2014)


    At the end of the day stored procs or views start to become a maintenance nightmare on any sufficiently large system.

    I would posit that it's easier to maintain the...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    Picket sign:

    ===========

    - Blow Up -

    - the -

    - ORM's! -

    ===========

    =

    =

    =

    =

    Okay, I'm not against the concept of the ORM....


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    You're fine Jack. He doesn't understand that without knowing the data and structure you can't simply answer thiscolumn-thatcolumn as the expression. He's also frustrated and he's chewing on...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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