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  • RE: Operator Description

    Until I read Hugo's comment, I was going to comment that using buttons instead of check-boxes was wrong because there are two correct answers: aggregate and segment. ...

    Tom

    May 29, 2015 at 9:30 am

    #1801628

  • RE: DBCC InputBuffer Permissions

    Nice question.

    But one doesn't need the specified permission to use DBCC INPUTBUFFER to look at the session one is running in. This has been true in every release since...

    Tom

    May 29, 2015 at 9:06 am

    #1801615

  • RE: Arithmetic Operation Results

    Koen Verbeeck (5/27/2015)

    Ed Wagner (5/27/2015)

    Koen Verbeeck (5/27/2015)

    Easy one. Been bitten by integer division many, many times.

    Agreed on both points. Integer division can also be used to your advantage, but...

    Tom

    May 29, 2015 at 8:42 am

    #1801603

  • RE: Arithmetic Operation Results

    Revenant (5/27/2015)

    Really easy - I am (almost) ashamed that I got a full point...

    Points are countable, not continuous, so if you had got a less than full point it...

    Tom

    May 29, 2015 at 7:00 am

    #1801558

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Eirikur Eiriksson (5/28/2015)

    Ed Wagner (5/28/2015)

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    Eirikur Eiriksson (5/28/2015)

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    TomThomson (5/28/2015)

    Eirikur Eiriksson (5/28/2015)

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    cunningham (5/28/2015)

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    Tom

    May 28, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    #1801372

  • RE: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    Matt Miller (#4) (5/27/2015)

    To get this back on target: the whole point of bringing in the scientific really boils down to some form of humility. This really boils...

    Tom

    May 28, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    #1801356

  • RE: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    meilenb (5/24/2015)

    Everyone knows that CO2, CH4 and N2O are factors in climate change. CH4 (refrigerants) ....

    We may very well see the end of civilization while 2% of climate scientists...

    Tom

    May 28, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    #1801353

  • RE: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    Eric M Russell (5/27/2015)

    One of the advantages of a medieval style IT shop, where the rules are not spelled out on paper, is that you as the DBA can simply...

    Tom

    May 28, 2015 at 12:01 pm

    #1801342

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Eirikur Eiriksson (5/28/2015)

    djj (5/28/2015)

    Revenant (5/28/2015)

    Ed Wagner (5/28/2015)

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    Tom

    May 28, 2015 at 10:51 am

    #1801325

  • RE: Try Catch Throw

    DataTherapist (5/26/2015)

    Ah, but I feel that all of your comments are missing the point of the question.

    I read it to mean 'pick one answer', because it didn't say 'pick two'...

    Tom

    May 26, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    #1800713

  • RE: Try Catch Throw

    Hany Helmy (5/26/2015)

    OK, the author should have (like all other QotD) mention to select 2 answers, still it`s a very good question.

    Thanx.

    when I write questions I don't say how many...

    Tom

    May 26, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    #1800710

  • RE: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    Jeff Moden (5/24/2015)

    Well stated and true.

    Only well stated if you ignore the really ghastly typo ("text" should have been "test") that my proof-reading missed - I didn't notice...

    Tom

    May 24, 2015 at 6:30 pm

    #1800310

  • RE: Combining five tables into one output table with one key column

    As Linksup said, what you want to do doesn't look like a good idea.

    But if you really do want to do it, here is some straightforward code that does it:

    --...

    Tom

    May 24, 2015 at 10:06 am

    #1800263

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    LinksUp (5/23/2015)

    When I see that Joe Celko has posted a message I know that some level of entertainment will be attained:rolleyes:. I guess he crossed some boundary. It seems every...

    Tom

    May 23, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    #1800244

  • RE: Interview Questions

    Koen Verbeeck (6/6/2014)

    kimberly_lehman (6/6/2014)

    Number 2 is selecting names of employees over 60. Or specifically, people who were 60 years old by the end of last year, since this is only...

    Tom

    May 23, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    #1800241

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