I'm no SQL expert so correct me if I'm wrong, but...

This script gives me syntax errors because some of the table names in my database include spaces, hyphens and other...

Mike C (3/28/2008)

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Would I be willing to concede that the statement "NULL is not equal to any other value, or other NULLs" is incorrect? Absolutely if the opposite can...

Mike C (3/28/2008)

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Lars Huttar (3/28/2008)

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In other words,

seems equivalent to

when in fact, we know that

(NULL not-equals something)...

Matt Miller (3/28/2008)

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Lars - the issue you seem to be hammering on stems from treating NULL as if it were a value. NULL is technically not a value, so...

Thanks for a very informative and thought-provoking article. Shows me I still have lots to learn about SQL.

I have a point of unclarity or inaccuracy to pound on so that...

P.S. I have now discovered, via other articles, that some of the things I was wondering about in the above post are found in Visual Studio (i.e. BIDS), after creating...

I agree with the preceding posters: it's a very helpful article. It helped me unlock parts of SSIS I had no idea were there.

However the article could be a lot...