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  • RE: Left outer join

    The old notation =* was used for a right outer join, not for a left outer join (that was *=); maybe that's the cause of your difficulties?

  • RE: Put clustered index on 8 Column Natural Key, or on Identity Key

    It depends on two things: 1. the frequency of inserts to the table, and 2. whether queries typically access several adjacent rows in the ordering you choose to place on...

  • RE: If you could use xp_CmdShell securely, would you?

    Ed Wagner (7/31/2015)


    Then again, getting to the heart of the security matter...my "sa" account is disabled as it should be.

    I prefer to have no SA account - no SQL logins,...

  • RE: If you could use xp_CmdShell securely, would you?

    Jeff Moden (7/31/2015)


    jghali (7/31/2015)


    WOW! do I feel silly! I actually thought it was an actual thread...

    Note to self: Always look at the date before posting!!! :hehe:

    Did you ever create...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    whereisSQL? (7/31/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (7/31/2015)


    Ray K (7/31/2015)


    SQLRNNR (7/31/2015)


    eccentricDBA (7/31/2015)


    Pawtucket Patriot Ale

    Nantucket Nimble Nail

    Sam Adams Summer Ale

    Rhyming attempts fail

    Same

    Game

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    DonlSimpson (7/30/2015)


    Luis Cazares (7/30/2015)


    Ray K (7/30/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (7/30/2015)


    Ed Wagner (7/30/2015)


    Vacation

    Wagon Queen

    Drama queen

    Dancing Queen

    ABBA

    Waterloo

  • RE: SELECT @local_variable

    Interesting question. Works in current versions but shows bad practise.

    Every SQL Server version I have known would do this, but in theory the value returned could be any row...

  • RE: What We Want and What We'll Pay For

    Iwas Bornready (7/28/2015)


    robert.sterbal 56890 (7/27/2015)


    I always wish they would publish the previous survey and the actual results as well as the current one.

    That's actually a really good idea.

    No, for...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (7/27/2015)


    TomThomson (7/26/2015)


    Grant Fritchey (7/26/2015)


    Managed to get a fully-loaded station wagon (four people plus bags) all the way up to 120MPH (195KPH) on the Autobahn.

    Don't get caught at that...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    SQLRNNR (7/27/2015)


    Revenant (7/27/2015)


    Ray K (7/27/2015)


    DonlSimpson (7/26/2015)


    TomThomson (7/25/2015)


    SQLRNNR (7/25/2015)


    outre-mer

    ultramar

    Montreal

    Expos

    Nationals

    GNATS

    Bites

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (7/26/2015)


    Managed to get a fully-loaded station wagon (four people plus bags) all the way up to 120MPH (195KPH) on the Autobahn.

    Don't get caught at that one in France...

  • RE: Size of view

    SQLRNNR (7/25/2015)


    TomThomson (7/25/2015)


    Actually none of the options is correct. The third is just plain wrong and the others each omit the first column (name) from the returned row.

    What...

  • RE: Help with joining two tables

    You need to deal with a NULL introduced by the left join - it will produce NULL when there is no appropriate row in the RH table, but the results...

  • RE: is it possible to install sql managment studio on XP?

    You certainly can have SSMS with SQLS 2008 Express, but the way I did it was to install "SQL Server Express with Tools" rather than the server and the tools...

  • RE: Size of view

    Actually none of the options is correct. The third is just plain wrong and the others each omit the first column (name) from the returned row.

    What is actually...

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