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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Revenant (2/17/2015)

    Ed Wagner (2/17/2015)

    crookj (2/17/2015)

    Ed Wagner (2/17/2015)

    djj (2/17/2015)

    SQLRNNR (2/17/2015)

    hash

    Corn beef

    Cabbage

    sauerkraut

    Brine

    turkey

    thanksgiving

    February 17, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    #1778230

  • RE: WHERE 1 = 1,who uses this besides me

    Jeff Moden (2/16/2015)

    GilaMonster (2/16/2015)

    I hate seeing that in queries.

    Ditto that.

    Agree.

    The ancient "WHILE 1=1" had an excuse because the procedural languages never had any decent multi-exit loop control flow concepts (even...

    February 17, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    #1778228

  • RE: SQL Injection, Still?

    GoofyGuy (2/17/2015)

    ... I know from bitter experience (as a manager) that some people (some developers) don't care whether the software is secure, or works, or will screw the customer up...

    February 17, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    #1778221

  • RE: SQL Injection, Still?

    GoofyGuy (2/17/2015)

    IT these days looks more like a craft brewery where we keep changing the recipe: sometimes it works, and sometimes it's disgusting.

    I'm tempted to make a comparison between American...

    February 17, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    #1778214

  • RE: SQL Injection, Still?

    Conrad Muller (2/17/2015)

    It is management that says "Just make it work and ship it!". Most developers would extend development to get it right if given the choice..

    Unfortunately that's not true....

    February 17, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    #1778212

  • RE: SSIS-Transactions

    Stewart "Arturius" Campbell (2/12/2015)

    Interesting question, thanks

    Instructive references used as well

    I thought the mattmattson reference was useful and instructive, but the other two are irrelevant to the question - neither says...

    February 17, 2015 at 10:05 am

    #1778118

  • RE: What is the "same query"?

    Good question, a pity the typing made the answer wrong because it altered something. Like several others I highlighted the text so that I could see spaces, and ended...

    February 17, 2015 at 9:49 am

    #1778107

  • RE: Approximate Data types

    Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

    TomThomson (2/16/2015)

    Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

    TomThomson (2/16/2015)

    I am really surprised that so many people got this wrong. Obviously this is a topic which needs some more attention if this many...

    February 16, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    #1777917

  • RE: Approximate Data types

    Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

    TomThomson (2/16/2015)

    I am really surprised that so many people got this wrong. Obviously this is a topic which needs some more attention if this many people are confused...

    February 16, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    #1777905

  • RE: Empty TABLE

    mwpowellhtx (2/16/2015)

    'A table cannot be created without a column.' : is really irrelevant, given the context, and nature of tables in Sql Server. The table was created with a column....

    February 16, 2015 at 11:13 am

    #1777889

  • RE: Master Key creation

    Nice question.

    I uess a lot of people aren't using encryption, since 60% have got it wrong.

    February 16, 2015 at 10:53 am

    #1777886

  • RE: Approximate Data types

    Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

    Great back to basics question. I am shocked at the response rate.

    Correct answers: 57% (166)

    Incorrect answers: 43% (123)

    Total attempts: 289

    I am really surprised that so many people got...

    February 16, 2015 at 10:42 am

    #1777882

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ChrisM@Work (2/16/2015)

    TomThomson (2/16/2015)

    ...

    Stop digging, Tom! For goodness' sake, you're coming across as a cranky old fella with a short fuse. This is not what we are used to seeing from...

    February 16, 2015 at 9:53 am

    #1777863

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sioban Krzywicki (2/15/2015)

    TomThomson (2/14/2015)

    Lynn Pettis (2/14/2015)

    TomThomson (2/14/2015)

    Eirikur Eiriksson (2/7/2015)

    TomThomson (2/7/2015)

    Grant Fritchey (2/5/2015)

    Really? Yankees fans? Are they even human?

    Usually not - they're mostly American.

    Tom, must say that I find this comment...

    February 16, 2015 at 5:29 am

    #1777794

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ed Wagner (2/12/2015)

    Sioban Krzywicki (2/12/2015)

    Eirikur Eiriksson (2/12/2015)

    My 2Cents, a DBA that cannot see the data is as useless as a blind driver, alternative measures have to be in place such...

    February 15, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    #1777728

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