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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Apostrophes are also good for accenting sounds which are unpronounceable by human mouths.

    Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (9/17/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)


    But what does the null represent?

    Same as you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinocerous. Elephino. 😛

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  • RE: simple SELECT query takes ten seconds to return 5000 rows - can I optimize?

    Paul: I wasn't aware this was a Speed Phreak challenge. 😀

    8kb: If you're willing to change the clustered index structure to the...

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  • RE: simple SELECT query takes ten seconds to return 5000 rows - can I optimize?

    In the example below, a CROSS APPLY technique manages to run a hair faster with an execution plan that goes directly from an index scan into a clustered index seek,...

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  • RE: simple SELECT query takes ten seconds to return 5000 rows - can I optimize?

    On my laptop, I'm getting subsecond response time using data generated by your script and no additional indexing. But I'm testing by writing to a temp table....

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  • RE: To insert a value from a table into a warning statment

    The VALUES clause is one source of data to be inserted, but a SELECT clause can also be a source of data for an INSERT.

    See the...

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  • RE: To insert a value from a table into a warning statment

    only scalar variables are allowed in an insert

    Pardon me, are we talking about something other than T-SQL?

    I ask because in T-SQL there is no...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    What's humour? You hanging out with Brit's in TN?

    Brit's what? That's what I want to know.

    Brit himself is a pretty decent fellow.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    No!!

    I disappeared!! :w00t:

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  • RE: To insert a value from a table into a warning statment

    The CHAR(4) is a datatype, as opposed to INT or VARCHAR or DATETIME, etc. It indicates that the 4 digits of the years are being stored as...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ALZDBA (9/16/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (9/16/2010)


    BTW - at the pace you guys are on with this thread - 20K should be easy peezy lemon squeezy.

    21k may be attainable 😎

    A single printout may even...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (9/16/2010)


    Did Bob change his Avatar again?

    Avatar? What avatar?

    I see you, Jason.

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  • RE: To insert a value from a table into a warning statment

    avi-631555 (9/16/2010)


    To insert a value from a table into a warning statment

    my script currently is as

    Update table A

    Set RptStatement = ' watever you comapnyName @2010'

    where (...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (9/16/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (9/16/2010)


    I give up. How can I expect to win when I'm dealing with people that do not appreciate good humour? 😎

    But we do appreciate...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/16/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (9/16/2010)


    And is that a bit threaded towel to be thrown in?

    *groan*

    If I can get away in time to drive up to Memphis for Alvin's SSIS presentation, I promise...

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