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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

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  • RE: Cast / Substring Func not working

    Hey Trudye:

    You need to think about this a little. Your [CEFDT] is NOT really a date. It is a numeric column holding a bunch of numbers...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    America learned, Jeff.

    Lynn we are all grateful to your daughter and all those like her for their service and sacrifice. God bless her and keep...

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  • RE: Case Statement??

    Trying to use case statements to return different datatypes will fail in some cases (like mixing character data with numeric. ) Why you would want to is beyond me...

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  • RE: grouping case statements

    You're almost there...

    SELECT z.ZipCode, z.CountyName,

    MAX(CASE WHEN productid = 1 THEN customerid end) AS 'product1',

    MAX(CASE WHEN productid = 2 THEN customerid end)...

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  • RE: Division Problem in SQL 2005

    No need to cast everything as float. This will work too.

    select 1.0*1/100

    -- but not

    select 1/100*1.00

    SQL resolves each step of a calculation and returns the result using the more...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I don't know, Jeff. After seeing the kindler/gentler you in action in that "urgent" thread that the OP never came back to, I'd say it's time for...

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  • RE: The Future of Bits

    Ohhhh..... you mean real physical objects... not higher level code constructs. 😉

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I got the term from early William Gibson: Neuromancer / Count Zero, but Gus got it right with his link.

    Did anyone here ever play a card game called...

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  • RE: The Future of Bits

    The volcanic super-eruption of Yellowstone should shatter and melt a lot of the glacial ice, although the ash from the blast will probably bring on global cooling as well as...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Black Ice

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  • RE: query to modify

    Jeff,

    I have a couple of questions:

    (1) Who are you, and (2) what have you done with Jeff Moden?

    Alternatively:

    (1) What kind of tranquilizers are you taking?

    (2) Do...

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  • RE: Looping

    I was going to do a version with a CTE, but it wouldn't have been substantively different from your solution, Ken.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hey Elliot... what kind of cookies?

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  • RE: Looping

    Jordon, where is the last number stored, if not in the table you are inserting to? I see an immediate conflict if you are inserting a set of...

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