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  • RE: A Simple Mistake

    Wyatt Eurich (5/12/2008)


    I find that problems such as typo’s that occur in case-insensitive languages, harder to track down.

    I prefer a computer to do what I tell it to do, right...

  • RE: A Simple Mistake

    Rebecca Lovelace (5/12/2008)


    Also, Mother and mother do have 2 different meanings in English (Mother is the proper noun, and mother is just a noun).

    But what does "mOtHeR" mean? Teehee

  • RE: A Simple Mistake

    Jeff Moden (5/11/2008)


    Actually, I don't think it was a "simple mistake"... I think it was a cost cutting measure. It doesn't take nearly the code to make something case...

  • RE: A Simple Mistake

    yohannn (5/11/2008)


    Having read several articles about case sensitivity over the last couple of days, they all contain a common argument. In my opinion this argument, loss of productivity, hold...

  • RE: A Simple Mistake

    emiles01 (5/10/2008)


    ...there must be something of value to the choice of case sensitivity, especially since it also has a cost.

    Speed and simplicity. Case, accent, kana, and other insensitivities cost...

  • RE: A Simple Mistake

    Just FYI, I recently posted an MS Connect feedback item on this very topic, asking for a case-sensitivity option in SSIS Data Flow components: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=339069

    The thinking is that even if...

  • RE: Usage of Functions in Stored Procedures

    Confucius247 (4/30/2008)


    Mike C (4/29/2008)


    Table-Valued Functions.

    And if that were what we were talking about...

    My attitude with functions is avoid like the plague, as they break the rule of thinking in sets...

  • RE: Usage of Functions in Stored Procedures

    Confucius247 (4/29/2008)


    My attitude with functions is avoid like the plague, as they break the rule of thinking in sets while programming SQL.

    Table-Valued Functions.

  • RE: Free Encryption

    I think it was supposed to say "toolkit" 🙂

  • RE: Free Encryption

    Peso (4/25/2008)


    No need to invoke CLR (only if you want greater speed).

    Free RC4 encryption here

    http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=76258

    Free MIME64/BASE64 encoding here

    http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67831

    Free ROT algorithm herehttp://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67752

    Thanks for the links! Actually the XP's here don't...

  • RE: Free Encryption

    Hi Wayne,

    There are some interesting issues surrounding the bigint data type, but I don't know why it would be giving you results so out of whack. I'll look into...

  • RE: Free Encryption

    Hey Charles,

    I haven't had an opportunity to test on compact editions (mostly because I don't have access to any right now). It does sound like an interesting idea though,...

  • RE: Free Encryption

    Hi jpachman,

    Sorry I didn't see your post sooner. I only tested on SQL 2000 SP 4, and it looks like (from the version number you gave) that you're running...

  • RE: Gotcha! SQL Aggregate Functions and NULL

    rippleshah (4/5/2008)


    Mike,

    I've started reading your article and am not clear why the query: SELECT COUNT(region) FROM Suppliers WHERE Region IS NOT NULL returns 0

    1. WHERE clause eliminates every row in...

  • RE: Four Rules for NULLs

    dbishop (4/4/2008)


    Mike,

    Not BIG on DBA, but the only question I have with your code:

    SELECT ...

    FROM ...

    WHERE COALESCE(DateTo, Today) >= Today

    is, if DateTo is an indexed column, wouldn't wrapping it in...

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