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  • RE: Are all rounds created equal

    Mighty (10/13/2010)


    My opinion is that none of the answers is correct.

    SQL Server will return 2.50 and 3.60, not 2.5 and 3.6.

    Wrong!

    SQL Server will return a result set that consists of...

  • RE: Are all rounds created equal

    Thanks for a good question!

    Here in the Netherlands, only one type of rounding is taught in school. The type that Wikipedia calls "away from zero" - you only check the...

  • RE: Variable Array Table

    lukus_g (10/12/2010)


    Hugo Kornelis, you are a ninja!

    True! Well, except for the trendy clothes, the superior stealth, the extreme strength and endurance, the ability to kill without getting killed or caught,...

  • RE: Variable Array Table

    Christian Buettner-167247 (10/12/2010)


    But what "stuns" me is the fact that SQL Server does not deal correctly with this object name.

    Looks like it is too complicated 😀

    (...)

    Notice the 2nd closing square...

  • RE: Variable Array Table

    lukus_g (10/12/2010)


    so, does the transaction actually run and get rolled back?

    No.

    The author of the question uses a long explanation to expand on how usefull the possibility to use non-standard characters...

  • RE: Variable Array Table

    I got two points for answering a question that tests no useful skill whatsoever? Come on, Steve! Even one point would have been more than enough for this one!

    Carlo, thanks...

  • RE: ANSI NULLS

    Hardy21 (10/11/2010)


    Nice question.

    I think the reason for 'ANSI_NULLS will always be ON' for future version is to make the application behavior consistent.

    Any other reason?

    Standardisation.

    ANSI is a standard among relational database...

  • RE: ANSI NULLS

    Great question. Thanks, cengland.

    In addition to the explanation: "Thorough testing shows this also applies to the IN statement", there is also a logical explanation.

    The ANSI standard defines the IN operator...

  • RE: Persisted vs Non-persisted Computed columns

    sjimmo (10/7/2010)


    Hugo

    Shame about the (nolock) hints, though. They serve no purpose, and they might lead people to believe that these hints are okay to use. They are not, except in...

  • RE: Persisted vs Non-persisted Computed columns

    Nice question, though maybe a bit too easy.

    Shame about the (nolock) hints, though. They serve no purpose, and they might lead people to believe that these hints are okay to...

  • RE: Clustered Indexes

    Craig Farrell (10/5/2010)


    I got it right, but a question regarding dedicated extents. I know page splits will happen, etc etc, but does an extent stay compact for a range...

  • RE: Clustered Indexes

    Christian Buettner-167247 (10/5/2010)


    Hi Hugo,

    In your explanation you have switched from order of rows accross pages to order of pages.

    I have not meant that a physical order is imposed on the...

  • RE: Clustered Indexes

    Christian Buettner-167247 (10/5/2010)


    I am not satisfied with the answer, indeed I find it very misleading.

    I have to disagree. I am completely satisfiied with the answer, as it is 100% correct....

  • RE: Clustered Indexes

    Whe I saw this question, my expectation was that most people would get it right - after all, there have already been several questions that basicallly tested the same concept....

  • RE: DATALENGTH

    tommyh (10/4/2010)


    Well if one wants to be picky it does return the nr of bytes needed to represent the data. Hence why

    select datalength(N'hi'), datalength('hi')

    gives 2 different results. 4 vs...

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