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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Unfortunately the computer science of sql barely exists.

    Ted Codd would be very surprised to learn that. Pity he isn't still alive.

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  • RE: t-sql dates

    Sorry I didn't post my code. There's nothing secret about it, but Rob requested it in PM and I respected his request. I was...

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  • RE: t-sql dates

    Jeff, two things.

    1. Some code is missing from your first example. But I presume you were going to cross join syscolumns to itself. I...

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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Also be prepared for the possibility that the database design will be critiqued. If it turns out that the table structure is a poor design, the fault...

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  • RE: Recursive Join Problem

    I guess I'm lucky that my guys just ask me for stored procedures now. They know I will give them something that runs fast on the front...

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  • RE: Using WRITETEXT to Update image field

    First you're going to have to get the file into the database. Your code just specifies a string constant, and you are assuming there is magic to go...

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  • RE: Recursive Join Problem

    my requirement is that i have get the details about the parentid's along with the recursive data' in a single join

    Test question?

    I've been taking buisness requirements for years, and never...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Perhaps he sensed the strength of the Force within you, my little green friend.

    More likely, he hit the bars soon after his last post.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Or he's a kid who is finally reaching a comfort level in one language, and now he wants everything to be like that so it will come easier to him....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm waiting to see if the ranter gets off his high horse or comes back for more ugliness. I bit back my first reply which was...

    Really stupid paradigm...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Get some sleep, Jeff.

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  • RE: Help with SQL

    If you look at BOL (books online - the SQL Server Help function) you can find the format for both the EXISTS keyword and the IN keyword ... with EXAMPLES...

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  • RE: change first 12 characters from numbers to ****

    And yet another 😛

    declare @number varchar(100)

    set @number = '12345678902331234'

    select @number as [before], len(@number) as [length]

    set @number = STUFF(@number,1,len(@number)-4,REPLICATE('*',len(@number)-4))

    select @number as [after], len(@number) as [length]

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  • RE: Query Structure Grouping/Averaging

    There are ways to take sums and then to take averages of those sums, but they usually involve different groupings. For example I could take the sum of...

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  • RE: Error in CASE statement

    You're welcome. Have a good weekend.

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