I sent Barry a message through LinkedIn last week asking how he was doing. Never got a reply. I haven't seen any recent posts from...

Hold on to your pork chops, Jeff. 😀

The first thing Steve did was send him a link to a random number function. So the rocket ship...

A couple of questions:

First, I can't even be sure from your text whether or not the "merge" (update?) is using the SC or the CRI table as it's target. ...

Yeah, Jeff, but I'm from the south.

Alvin, and the folks who made it to the PASS Summit, can testify that I talk slow and use small words. 😉

But...

Sure, Jason. I'd be in debt to all of you guys.

Do me the great favor of being brutal with constructive criticism. The article is...

Like Steve said:

1. Generate a 10-digit random number (ex: 1234567890)

2. Cast it as varchar

3. Use left,right and or/substring to build your string

select '('+left('1234567890',3)+') '+substring('1234567890',4,3)+'-'+right('1234567890',4)

4....

You were too quick for me, Steve.

I'll send you each a copy tonight. Thanks a bunch, guys. 🙂

Thanks, Jack. I surely appreciate it.

Hey Steve:

I've just about got the "It Depends" article from a week or so ago finished. Should be ready for review tonight. ...

I had a nice thick ribeye Saturday night as part of the victory celebration when Ole Miss beat LSU. 😀

I also saw the movie "The...

What was the error number and text,...

Also, you cannot use a table variable name as a qualifier. You must alias the table variable as shown below. This will become important when you...

MMmmmmm..... dead cow good....

Now my stomach is rumbling.

I'm definitely stopping by the grocery store for a couple of ribeyes and good cab.

I hope all y'all have a great weekend.

So, what *IS* inspiring you lately? 😉