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I Binged "MySQL vs MS SQL" and got some good articles on the subject, including a pretty balanced one from one of MySQL's lead people.

crookj (12/30/2010)

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GSquared (12/30/2010)

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I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the...

Thanks. (Woot! This gets me another one!)

I don't believe there is a way to do that. You can add multiple columns in a single command, but not alter multiple columns all at once.

Copy-and-paste can remove...

I just noticed I hit 10k "points" on SSC today. Good way to end the year, as it were.

Gotta agree. I think there's some maturing going on in the SQL Server DBA community that's making it tighter-knit and more effective. (By "maturing", I don't mean a...

I don't think you can do it in SQL 2008 R2 either. Not sure about Denali.

I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the studies, than...

Edited to remove a bit of dead-horse beating that really wasn't needed. 😀

Abhijeet Chavan (12/29/2010)

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Hi Gsquared

Thanks for correcting me

I was thinking the if @imported is null

so this 'DailysettlementYN = @imported' will fetch the rows containing only the rows having DailysettlementYN as...

In reply to what tool to use other than BIDS, in order to avoid the GUI: SSIS packages are just XML files under the hood. You can edit/build/fold/spindle/mutilate them...

johnzabroski (12/29/2010)

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GSquared (12/29/2010)

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I don't know what UI he's using for SSIS. BIDS doesn't have half the problems he complains about, and BIDS is the default environment for building these....

LutzM (12/29/2010)

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GSquared (12/29/2010)

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Peter Brinkhaus (12/29/2010)

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Probably hex values. 0x41 = 65, the ascii-value of...

Grant Fritchey (12/29/2010)

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Apologies. I think that might have sounded more argumentative than I meant for it to.

I agree. There are a number of ways to skin this particular cat. None...