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  • RE: Deriving age as at birthdate and then every year till current

    Function F_AGE_IN_YEARS in the script on the link below calculates age in years from @START_DATE through @END_DATE and returns the age as an integer.

    http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=74462

  • RE: Cannot Shrink Database

    Shrink DB File by Increment to Target Free Space

    http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=80355

  • RE: Too Tipsy To Work

    Matt Miller (#4) (3/8/2010)

    ..I've actually received calls from previous employers demanding I drive into work WHILE the state has a state of emergency in place...

    "previous employers" I hope you...

  • RE: Too Tipsy To Work

    Gary Varga (3/8/2010)


    jay holovacs (3/8/2010)


    Gary Varga (3/8/2010)


    From a truly serious viewpoint (sorry to spoil the party - hic), I believe that IT practitioners should be regulated like the legal and...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Roy Ernest (3/1/2010)


    USA has a world cup winning team? I did not expect that for the next 5 yrs because they are so new to the world cup.

    I...

  • RE: Overusing Identities

    TheSQLGuru (3/1/2010)

    ...that Celko character...

    Oh, no! His GOOGLE search bot is sure to find this thread now!

  • RE: Converting MS SQL to T SQL ?

    george.greiner (3/1/2010)


    Michael Valentine Jones (3/1/2010)


    That is not Access SQL, that is Access Visual Basic.

    As with most Access it is a hybrid of Access SQL and VB... You write the queries...

  • RE: Converting MS SQL to T SQL ?

    That is not Access SQL, that is Access Visual Basic.

  • RE: Overusing Identities

    Using identity columns as a PK key and putting unique constraints on the candidate keys is the way to go. In many cases, there is no way to know...

  • RE: Dude, Your Fly is Open

    Tom.Thomson (2/28/2010)


    ...The next Monday I walked into the office where the people who owned the affected code were and said something like "Listen up guys, I've fucked up and we...

  • RE: Avoid dynamic SQL

    Kingston Dhasian (2/26/2010)


    Paul White (2/26/2010)

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    If you have a pain in your finger, chopping your hand off is not the solution.

    In fairness, it is *a* solution, just probably not optimal...

  • RE: Avoid dynamic SQL

    Welsh Corgi (2/26/2010)


    So there are no DBA's that recognize that there are risk to Dynamic SQL?

    If I'm wrong then I respectfully respect that you forgive me for...

  • RE: Dude, Your Fly is Open

    Michael Valentine Jones (2/25/2010)


    In a public forum like SSC, I think it is more important to correct errors in the thread directly than to worry about someone’s feelings. The...

  • RE: Avoid dynamic SQL

    Welsh Corgi (2/26/2010)


    Thank you Jeff. I read your link concerning the SQL Injections.

    However there is a lot more to consider that what is addressed in this article.

    You are...

  • RE: Avoid dynamic SQL

    Dynamic SQL is a very good tool for situations where you have stored procedure input parameters that may or may not be used for selection criteria. By constructing the...

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