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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hey Lynn... somebody is impersonating you 😉

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic672323-1291-1.aspx

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  • RE: select * from sysobjects where name like '%sysconst%'

    It's a system object. Check the Master database.

    use master

    select so.name,sc.text

    from syscomments sc

    join sysobjects so on so.id = sc.id

    where text like '%syscon%'

    and name like 'syscon%'

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  • RE: how to check multiple combinations of a variable for null

    If your first three parameters are simply the on/off values and the fourth parameter is the actual search string then

    where

    ...

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  • RE: Error in Update Command

    You're welcome. Good luck 🙂

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The only that I ever had problems with group by is when the group bys and the select didn't match perfectly

    In olden days, when the pictures...

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  • RE: how to check multiple combinations of a variable for null

    I'll echo Bruce. If you must check all four variables for nulls, there is no getting around just doing it. But maybe if you'll tell us...

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  • RE: Error in Update Command

    There must be something you aren't showing us. There is no subquery shown in your example. The update statement you show will run without an...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Anybody for another "Queen" sing-a-long?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Yes, I remember that article. I'm old school, in that I think trust is something that has to be earned. It shouldn't be a default. ...

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  • RE: SQL Inner Join VS. Access Inner Join

    Here is how you can quickly strip the time off the date in SQL. In your query, just replace @date with your column name.

    --------------------------------------------------

    declare @date datetime

    set @date =...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I guess they don't stop to think that maybe the help we provide on the forums is voluntary, without expectation of renumeration.

    It may be that they know it's...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Saints may not beat the snot out of the unbelievers but ancient Jedi Masters do....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Group By doesn't guarantee distinct results

    The above quote comes from this thread in the newbies forum.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic670743-1291-1.aspx#bm671705

    Gail, weren't you the person who observed that GROUP...

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  • RE: AVOID updates to a linked server

    My pleasure. Good luck.

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  • RE: Lets help the experts help themselves

    Hey Gail and Steve,

    Please understand, I wasn't suggesting anything as strenuous as the peer review my friend has to go through. I was just trying to draw...

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