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  • RE: Advantages of over view and stored procedures

    ghousebmd (6/17/2011)


    yes, you people are right, i was mistaken...the right question i have is....

    advantages of stored procedures compared to views

    Stored procedures can perform more complex actions, and can take input...

  • RE: Best way to alias column names

    Phil Parkin (6/17/2011)


    If you write a lot of T-SQL, consider doing yourself a favour and omit the readability words (AS is one) - it soon becomes second nature and as...

  • RE: SQL Newbie Sources

    You can also try server-name "(local)". With parentheses, not with quotation marks.

    If you need to find the server name, check what services are running on your machine. You're...

  • RE: The 5 First SQL Errors to Check For

    Eric M Russell (6/16/2011)


    Regarding how to get a formatted list of columns, you can also query them from the information_schema.columns view and add things like commas as needed. Just drop...

  • RE: Does anyone have a good reason to run xp_CmdShell?

    Okay, now I'm curious, because I can't see any correlation between SSIS being used, and xp_CmdShell being enabled.

    An SSIS package, even if run under sysadmin rights can still only do...

  • RE: Recursive User-Defined Function

    Mike, don't worry about Joe's accusation of violating Netiquette. He actually, per his own confession, tries to be extremely rude in his online personna. He accuses everyone of...

  • RE: Most annoying 'feature' of the day

    Ross McMicken (6/17/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/14/2011)


    +3 (or 4) on Word. I tend to write in One Note or Edit Plus, and I'll drop into Word for spell/grammar checks,...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    george sibbald (6/17/2011)


    Part of my requirement for dev is that it be set up in such a way that breaking it inconveniences nobody except the devs.

    How do you...

  • RE: temp table in user database?

    Jeff Moden (6/17/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/16/2011)


    However, a lot of people I know use staging tables that they create and drop at need in a user db. These are permanent tables, even...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    george sibbald (6/17/2011)


    cheers guys, not too far off my views, though I am not sure about security admin.

    Gus, SA in dev, really? Should that ever be a necessity?

    any more for...

  • RE: Advantages of over view and stored procedures

    What's an "over view"? Never heard of such a thing.

    A "view"? Sure. An "over view"? No clue.

    Assuming you mean "view", and misunderstood the question you're being...

  • RE: Best way to alias column names

    I'm accustomed to using "AS" for aliasing, so it's what I use. Can't say it's got a real advantage.

    Since table aliases have to be "following style" (using "AS" or...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    george sibbald (6/17/2011)


    quick straw poll if you don't mind guys -

    how much access should developers have in a development environment?

    As much as they need. Really, in a dev environment,...

  • RE: Bulk insert changing order of file...

    opc.three (6/17/2011)


    That's why the IDENTITY column is added in Step 1.

    You're not going to "physical order" are you? I'm pretty sure all that's needed is logical order. Once the data...

  • RE: Does anyone have a good reason to run xp_CmdShell?

    Jeff Moden (6/17/2011)


    opc.three (6/16/2011)


    :Wow: I just set myself up big time huh?

    Nah... considering the number of hacker attacks designed specifically to exploit OLE DB Automation, I can see your point...

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