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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm working on building a front end to a SQL Server database and I'm using ASP.NET. It has been a long time since I've done this and everything is completely...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (2/13/2014)


    So I just spent about 25 minutes catching up on the thread. Had actually been busy at work and with life in general until today.

    Glad...

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  • RE: Testing the new "This worked" functionality.

    Luis Cazares (2/6/2014)


    Sean Lange (2/6/2014)


    And I can even mark my own response as the solution. 😛

    Sometimes the OP finds the solution a couple of minutes after posting the question and...

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (2/6/2014)


    Luis Cazares (2/6/2014)


    There seems to be a new feature in the forums to mark answers that worked for the OP.

    What do you think about this? I'm not sure...

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Testing the new "This worked" functionality.

    Sean Lange (2/6/2014)


    Let's see how it works.

    Here's your solution!

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (2/3/2014)


    Grant Fritchey (2/3/2014)


    Please, please, please, no piling on, but I'm curious what you guys think about this: Unreasonable Defaults. I think most of the fundamental info is fine....

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (1/30/2014)


    Can somebody help me out? We have a third part vendor helping us code some piece of one of our applications. Not my choice, I would much prefer...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    rodjkidd (1/30/2014)


    Serious Doh! Moment today.

    SSIS process has failed this morning. Business noticed before the support guys. Error says a problem with a column - the files uses ; as a...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Greg Edwards-268690 (1/29/2014)


    Jack Corbett (1/29/2014)


    The weather here in New England has been odd this winter. We'll have a decent sized snow storm roll through (6+ inches), then...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Mastering Dimensions of Time

    A number of people have mentioned doing this without a loop. Here's an article on how to do it with a Tally table. from right here on SQL Server Central

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Weird, the sort order for the table tree in SSMS is different from the sort order in Intellisense. In the table tree, capitalization doesn't matter. In Intellisense, capitalized letters come...

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Cross Database Query Permissions

    Matt Crowley (1/21/2014)


    It is most likely that your login is not defined as a user in the Cheese database, or a member of a group that is defined as a...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I was going to go to a user group meeting tonight, but it is supposed to be 15 out at the start and 10 at the end and I don't...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    dwilander (1/3/2014)


    47 degrees and sunny here in the Pacific Northwest. Now who's laughing!

    People in Trinidad?

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    wolfkillj (12/30/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (12/30/2013)


    wolfkillj (12/30/2013)


    GilaMonster (12/30/2013)


    wolfkillj (12/30/2013)


    is there really a performance problem or are you just "tuning" the query as a knee-jerk response to seeing a scan in the execution...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

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