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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I didn't know it was POSSIBLE to be off-topic when posting to The Thread.

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  • RE: Need a function to compare strings.

    Thanks, Flo. I am going to hold time trials tonight.

    Hope you have a good evening. 🙂

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  • RE: Need a function to compare strings.

    Thanks guys. 🙂

    I'm aware of SOUNDEX. The problem is that some of these strings aren't names, or even proper words, so I eliminated that...

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  • RE: t-sql dates

    Rob, I thank you for the compliment, but I must redirect the credit where it truly lies.

    I thought I was fairly good at SQL until I started...

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  • RE: Need a function to compare strings.

    The normal application will be a comparison between two tables, with a table of several thousand being compared to a table of 75,000 and growing.

    I am coding as we chat...

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  • RE: Need a function to compare strings.

    Unfortunately CLR isn't an option for me for the same reason that front end editing isn't. Long story.

    As for fuzzy lookup, I haven't looked at it for a...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ONLY page 30??? 😛

    Had the real madness even begun by that point? Time to try out DBCC TIMEWARP.

    If...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I certainly don't hold a grudge about him calling Lynn "dense". 😛

    ... even if he did miss that offsides call.

    Hey Ref, open your eyes... you're missing a...

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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Hey Guys... don't hijack the thread. We're in SQL 7,2000 here.

    Please take further discussion over to an SQL2k5 thread. It's a good...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve, I won't ask about the balls, but do ruggers really eat their dead?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I have since grown to love SQL, and at least trying to help those even less knowledgable than myself

    Those are the only qualifications I have, Greg. ...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn, I didn't mean for my explanation to come over the top of your code. I just took a while to think about it and type it...

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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Thanks Derek. I hadn't had the time to do that, and couldn't have improved on it.

    Fox, if you look at that last code you will see that...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I was just coming here to post the same thing, Lynn. Although not a Jedi yet, it may be that he has turned from the Dark Side....

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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Hey Fox. Don't be overwhelmed by the rush of answers and questions after each post. There are a lot of people watching and we...

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