Gianluca Sartori (9/30/2010)

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Totally different topic: how big was the biggest SQL statement you had to deal with?

This is a statement generated by our BI front-end.

Surprisingly enough, after 4 minutes of...

steveb. (9/27/2010)

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I thought the issue is that the column does not exist in the table in the sub-query. Not that the sub-query returns mulitple rows.

It definetly throws an...

@Brian: You say this certainly would throw an error on SQL2000. I just tried this on our last remaining SQL2K box, and it does indeeed. However, the error I am...

LOL. Don't...

Steve Jones - Editor (9/20/2010)

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Make it fun above all. I agree with Ray, and I think a mix of fundamentals and fun is best. Don't worry about seriousness, or anything...

Thanks Ray. One thing you forgot to mention was

- Relax and have fun!

Yeah, congrats from me too. Just leave it there for a little while as you suggested. Nice to look at, not just for you but for all others to see...

Just to take you away from ML, NL and whatever. Our season down here in South Africa is about to kick off in about 4 weeks time. Really looking forward...

LOL.

I was just thinking, if the BookID is 2GB as well, then taking an average of 2.5mm for the width of a single character on a barcode, that would amount...

It is not just a bad idea, SQL 2008...

Would it be OK if...

That should be easy. Here's my contribution for the day.

Tom.Thomson (9/2/2010)

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LutzM (8/31/2010)

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[quote-0As requested: "Mädchen für alles" = a utility man or a gofer (not in the meaning of an unskilled worker but rather a person that's called whenever something...

Alvin Ramard (9/1/2010)

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Lynn Pettis (9/1/2010)

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GSquared (9/1/2010)

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Here's an interesting one. This is the list of skills someone wants for their "DBA":

Must have advanced proficiency and extensive knowledge of web development...

Coming to think of it, wasn't there some DMV that shows what deprecated feautures have been used since the last time SQL started up? Or am I just dreaming?