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  • RE: Performance difference by using NVARCHAR instead of using VARCHAR

    Why not?

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  • RE: Performance difference by using NVARCHAR instead of using VARCHAR

    Did you have a copy of the execution plan from back before you ever started making changes?

    Parameter sniffing refers to SQL generating an execution plan for a stored procedure based...

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  • RE: Imoprt xml file to sql server 2005 table

    This will illustrate using OPENROWSET to read the contents of the XML file.

    Obviously you could take the FROM OPENROWSET and use it to insert a row into a table, update...

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  • RE: Performance difference by using NVARCHAR instead of using VARCHAR

    The change in datatype shouldn't have made that much of a difference.

    It is possible that your prior poor performance was due to "parameter sniffing". ...

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  • RE: Imoprt xml file to sql server 2005 table

    Is the name of the file containing the XML going to be the same every time?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    You da man, Steve.

    Of course, I may not be able to derive to a point anymore....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Is it just me, or has his grammar improved?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Don't do it Lynn!!

    Give no quarter!! Take no prisoners!!

    Give them a broadside and see if they've got the stomach for combat!!

    (Sorry... I've...

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  • RE: Add text to query results

    Nice going, Jordan! 😀

    Have another cup of coffee and carry on. It's Monday and we all need all the help we can get.

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  • RE: Error converting data type varchar to float.

    You're welcome, Pakki.

    Jeff, I decided if I kept on changing nicknames in addition to avatars I might give Steve a stroke. So out of consideration for his enlightened...

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  • RE: Extracting XML data and constructing query string

    Can we have some sample data and can you tell us exactly what errors you are experiencing?

    If you read this article and follow the suggestions it...

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  • RE: Error converting data type varchar to float.

    Sweet.

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  • RE: SQL Server not evaluating WHERE before Casting?

    While we're on the subject, ISNUMERIC() doesn't even truly mean NUMERIC.

    declare @testString varchar(10)

    set @testString = '.'

    select @testString as [@testString], isnumeric(@testString) as [IsNumeric]

    set @testString = ',,'

    select @testString as [@testString], isnumeric(@testString) as...

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  • RE: script to create indexes existing in a database

    Edited to say:

    Reply entered by mistake, but I can't delete this entry now.

    Nothing to see here. Move along.... move along.

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  • RE: Error converting data type varchar to float.

    CASE WHEN ColX IS NOT NULL THEN ColX

    WHEN ColY IS NOT NULL THEN ColY

    ...

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