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  • RE: Table space usage 1

    Thanks, all, for the kind words!

    SQL Kiwi (11/9/2011)


    Good question. The explanation could have been improved very slightly:

    "SQL Server will use the same amount of storage for a column whether...

  • RE: Intersect

    But the reason of the bug is because the query is done on the master or because there is "a non-explicit type conversion on the right hand side" (but...

  • RE: Intersect

    bopeavy (11/8/2011)


    Hugo Kornelis (11/8/2011)

    Not a very good question, but I can forgive the author for that. Reading the reactions so far, there are various versions of...

  • RE: Intersect

    Not a very good question, but I can forgive the author for that. Reading the reactions so far, there are various versions of SQL Server where this will blow up....

  • RE: Parameters

    Robert.Hoffman (11/3/2011)


    Wouldn't the example given also error out if for some reason a Customer had more than one CustomerRefNo returned?

    No. In that case, it would (more or less random (*))...

  • RE: Parameters

    A nice question about a little known feature - but you have to overllook the errors.

    I'll admit that I did not see the declare + set statement, as I was...

  • RE: Collation and SQL_VARIANT

    michael.kaufmann (11/2/2011)


    Hm, do you have an explanation why the following code will return the exact same result? :crazy:

    My guess would be that your server has a default collation of Latin1_General_CI_AS....

  • RE: Collation and SQL_VARIANT

    SQL Kiwi (11/1/2011)


    Hugo Kornelis (11/1/2011)


    Great question, Paul!!

    Your production code will likely be more careful with these issues.

    Can I interpret this as "Your production code will likely completely avoid the use...

  • RE: Collation and SQL_VARIANT

    Great question, Paul!!

    Your production code will likely be more careful with these issues.

    Can I interpret this as "Your production code will likely completely avoid the use of SQLVariant"?

    (Okay, there may...

  • RE: SQL Server Code name

    Thomas Abraham (10/31/2011)


    As I write, the answers are running 52% correct. Kind of makes me wonder why 48% can't use Google. I had to, as I must have killed off...

  • RE: Query Plan Execution Order

    gary.rumble (10/28/2011)


    Hugo Kornelis (10/27/2011)


    Good question, Paul!

    I had the correct answer,but only thanks to the fact that I attended SQL Saturday in Portland a few weeks back (just before the PASS...

  • RE: Resource Pools

    rdavis-573289 (10/28/2011)


    Would it not be a good idea to remove a question which is wrong from the list of questions?

    Steve normally corrects questions that are obviously wrong, but he is...

  • RE: Query Plan Execution Order

    Good question, Paul!

    I had the correct answer,but only thanks to the fact that I attended SQL Saturday in Portland a few weeks back (just before the PASS Summit). I don't...

  • RE: Update table

    jshahan (10/24/2011)


    Fine. Show me code that will update Col1 in a table that where that column doesn't exist and I'll agree with you.

    Below is a cut and paste of...

  • RE: Update table

    jshahan (10/24/2011)


    Impossible is absolutely the correct answer. Col1 does not exist and cannot be updated.

    The question was how to update column1, not col1. So impossible is absolutely NOT the...

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