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  • RE: How to properly design this DB

    Wow, this sounds seriously like homework.

    Before you could even start, you need to know what is expected with regards to calculating the interest on late dues payments. Is it...

  • RE: SQL server interview question!

    Real crashed = you try to go on-site to bring it back up, but the fire department won't let you back in the building untill the fire is actually extinguished.

    On...

  • RE: Advice

    I'd definitely isolated test/dev from prod. Physically isolate if at all possible. After all, you should be TRYING to crash your test box, otherwise you won't know if...

  • RE: SQL server interview question!

    How "crashed" is "crashed". Like, the server caught on fire and the CPU is vaporized? Or Windows Server shut down and you have to use the power switch...

  • RE: Nested XML - FOR XML PATH

    Do you have a table in your actual database that just lists customers? As per usual normalization practices? That would make this even simpler, and probably faster as...

  • RE: AMD vs Intel

    Ever since the Core-2 architecture came out, Intel has been seriously outperforming AMD. Used to be the other way around, for a LONG time, but not any more.

    Also, even...

  • RE: Valid RBAR scenario

    1 second per row is too long. 200k records at 1 second per row is a bit over 55 hours. Just so you have the right scope on...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GabyYYZ (7/22/2011)


    And now for something completely different. Applies to DBA's as well.

    http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/07/lazy-sysadmin/%5B/url%5D

    I like it.

    Not sure about the command-line bit, but if I stretch that to scripting instead of using...

  • RE: Enter the file storage type of field SourceID [char] when using xp_cmdshell

    Is the file-create step before the FTP step in the package (green arrow from one to the next in the control flow)?

  • RE: Freetext query to get surrounding portion of text

    You can use Substring in varbinary just like in varchar. Get the start and stop point, pull the substring, find what you need inside of that.

    Again, you're probably better...

  • RE: CHARINDEX of varbinary column

    Yes. First you find where your first character is, then the one you want to terminate with, and use Substring to pull out the piece in between. Then...

  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    bopeavy (7/22/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/22/2011)


    bopeavy


    I don't think it came across that way. Then again must everything is taken from your own perception.

    Ir is very easy to confuse truth with...

  • RE: sp_send_dbmail HTML Table

    Does the inner query, with the Union clause and all that, work without the For XML clause?

    If so, does it work with the For XML clause, without the outer part...

  • RE: CHARINDEX of varbinary column

    You're welcome.

    No way to indicate "resolved", on purpose. What if someone comes by tomorrow with a better answer than mine? Gives them the chance to post it.

    Keep in...

  • RE: Be Reasonabl

    djackson 22568 (7/21/2011)


    I agree with all of the responses I have read so far, and mostly with the article. However, if we want to understand why we have this...

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