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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I just tried to look at the attachment for a recent Candidate Reviews post. Would someone carefully save it to disk first (without left-clicking on it), open...

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  • RE: Issue with assigning candidates to a review list

    Warning. Don't click on the link above. Save it and open it with notepad or some other editor first. I'm not quite...

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  • RE: Expanding column length on very large table

    Hey Paul, I was aware of how dropped columns are handled. I was just theorizing about how Michael got his one-second update. His later statement that...

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  • RE: BETWEEN returns no column

    Please post up a script to create a sample table with your date column, using the same datatype you are using in your production files. Populate it with...

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  • RE: Help in query having charndex/patindex

    I believe so, but I require further clarification. After rereading your initial post, let me give you the following examples and you tell me what the count should...

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  • RE: BETWEEN returns no column

    where date between '2009/05/01' and '2009/05/31' OR date is null

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  • RE: How to divide results into two somewhat-equal piles?

    Using the sample table from the code above, will this do the trick for you? Ordering by newID basically randomizes it. Then the row_number() is assigned...

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  • RE: Executing stored procedures on Linked Servers

    It creates yet another vulnerability, if you don't maintain control over who is allowed to execute which stored procedures. Someone more DBA focused could give you a...

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  • RE: Help in query having charndex/patindex

    So you are saying that you can't use the solution because it doesn't use the patindex, charindex functions? This sounds like a homework assignment to me. ...

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  • RE: simple query, complex calculation (for me anyway)

    You're very welcome, Michelle. Happy I could help.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    But I dare you to find anyone who finds me the least bit intimidating, except from across a chessboard, or in a game of Trivial Pursuit. [Smile]

    (1) P-K4

    (2) ...

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  • RE: simple query, complex calculation (for me anyway)

    Check this out. The basic plan is to populate a worktable with the last two orders for every serial#/categoryCode combination. RowNo = 1 is...

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  • RE: simple query, complex calculation (for me anyway)

    Hang on just a little while longer. Caught a rush job at my office.

    I haven't forgotten you and the solution was half-coded before I...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The woman plays with edged weapons, Gus.

    She can punt my posterior physically as well as technically 😉

    I say this with GREAT respect.

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  • RE: simple query, complex calculation (for me anyway)

    Service Order ID | Service Order Created At | Serial | Service Order Categorization code

    3000000021 | 2009-03-15 20:34:10.000 | 110214 | A04 B22 C17 D00 E00

    3000000049 | 2009-03-15 21:00:49.000 |...

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