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  • RE: DateTime Precision

    Koen Verbeeck (11/27/2011)


    Silly trick question...

    It would be a silly trick question if the author intended it to trick us.

    The "explanation" suggests that the question author fell for the trap himself....

  • RE: MERGE with ANSI

    Thanks, all, for the kind words! I am glad you all find my questions entertaining and informative.

    martin.whitton (11/25/2011)


    The MERGE statement is only available in SQL Server 2008 and later.

    Oops! :blush:...

  • RE: ISNULL

    archie flockhart (11/23/2011)


    In the BOL, I still don't see anything that goes beyond "for some reason" as an explanation of why you can't convert an empty string to decimal, while...

  • RE: ISNULL

    Interesting question. My gut feeling was that either the conversion to money or none of the conversions would be problematic for the empty string; I am glad I took the...

  • RE: Output Parameter

    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)


    I know it depends, but I'm getting sick of making that argument so I was hoping one of you guys would take care ot that! 😉

    I'll never tire of...

  • RE: Use of DATETIME and BETWEEN - Part 2

    L' Eomot Inversé (11/18/2011)


    I think 005 always rounds .005 ms to to .007 ms. I'm not sure I like that behaviour, but I think that's what it does.

    I think...

  • RE: DATETIME Puzzle

    GPO (11/17/2011)


    I would have written it

    SELECT *

    FROM #DateTest

    WHERE SampleDate >= @DATE1

    AND SampleDate < (@DATE2 + 1)

    That would have worked for the "old"...

  • RE: Use of DATETIME and BETWEEN - Part 2

    weisietan (11/18/2011)


    I try using the sql server 2000 to retrieve date using Between

    the first data will counted but the last will not counted.

    Example:

    Name between 'A%' and 'C%'

    just will get the...

  • RE: DATETIME Puzzle

    Ola L Martins-329921 (11/17/2011)


    GPO (11/17/2011)


    There are good reasons to avoid using BETWEEN when comparing two datetimes. Particularly in the example the answer uses. You should be using the various symbols...

  • RE: Table space usage 2

    jeff.mason (11/16/2011)


    Now, see, I didn't even check for the correct error. I played by the rules and pulled up the calculator and got row size and got your first...

  • RE: Table space usage 2

    Iulian -207023 (11/16/2011)


    I am not worried about the lost point, but is there anything I have missed?

    No, that was my mistake. I added the index rebuild to the question to...

  • RE: Table space usage 2

    SanDroid (11/16/2011)


    Obviously lots of people learned today, including you. Lets have some more. It could even be worth some of the stale fruit you might recieve. :hehe:

    No stale...

  • RE: Table space usage 2

    SanDroid (11/16/2011)


    So now I am confused again.

    Are the 47% that selected this answer to the question Right or Wrong? 😛

    If I had the possibility to mark their answers...

  • RE: Table space usage 2

    fhanlon (11/16/2011)


    I like the question but the answer says:

    Since 200,474 pages equates to about 1.53 GB, you will not get error 1105.

    I ran this code and I got error...

  • RE: Table space usage 2

    SanDroid (11/16/2011)


    I was editing my original post while you read and resonded to this. The original post did not comunicate what I intended.

    No problem, that can happen. I'll go...

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