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  • RE: Tally OH! An Improved SQL 8K “CSV Splitter” Function

    sfrostx (9/25/2014)


    Can anyone help me understand why the second and third selects in the following generate an error?

    I don't understand it at all. An interesting twist is that whether...

    Tom

  • RE: Website defect: Wrong post quoted when a post has been made since last page update.

    Gary Varga (9/11/2014)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/11/2014)


    I suspect it's an issue in the query that grabs the post and renders the form rather than the JS.

    I'd put my money...

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Ed Wagner (9/25/2014)


    ChrisM@Work (9/25/2014)


    BWFC (9/25/2014)


    Ed Wagner (9/25/2014)Terminator

    Colon

    Begininator

    Platypus

    Weevil

    Tom

  • RE: Random values

    Good question, but two small flaws:

    1: the explanation is misleading. It says "The RAND function only produces one value for all calls in a specific connection with a specific...

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    sing4you (9/24/2014)


    Sean Lange (9/24/2014)


    TomThomson (9/24/2014)


    Ed Wagner (9/24/2014)


    Sean Lange (9/24/2014)


    SQLRNNR (9/24/2014)


    Ed Wagner (9/24/2014)


    SQLRNNR (9/24/2014)


    whereisSQL? (9/24/2014)


    SQLRNNR (9/24/2014)


    BWFC (9/24/2014)


    Ouroboros

    burro de oro

    burrito

    burr filled dough

    Pasta (did someone say dough :-D)

    hasta

    rasta

    Raster

    Faster

    Plaster

    Paris

    Judgement

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Ed Wagner (9/24/2014)


    Sean Lange (9/24/2014)


    SQLRNNR (9/24/2014)


    Ed Wagner (9/24/2014)


    SQLRNNR (9/24/2014)


    whereisSQL? (9/24/2014)


    SQLRNNR (9/24/2014)


    BWFC (9/24/2014)


    Ouroboros

    burro de oro

    burrito

    burr filled dough

    Pasta (did someone say dough :-D)

    hasta

    rasta

    Raster

    Faster

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    BWFC (9/24/2014)


    Bite

    Bark

    Tom

  • RE: Supported spatial data formats

    Given the 6th option, it is extremely obvious what the correct answer is - so thanks for the effortless points.

    However I was a little suspiciious about the no transformation requirement....

    Tom

  • RE: Premature Optimisation

    Lovely article, Gail.

    I think "premature optimization is the root of all evil" is the oldest and best known statement that is commonly misinterpreted as a reason for developers not to...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (9/23/2014)


    Not sure if it is related, and this post will likely fix it, but I haven't been getting email notifications from The Thread, since it was...

    Tom

  • RE: ISNULL

    Hugo Kornelis (9/22/2014)


    Good question, mediocre explanation.

    This has nothinng to do with the ISNULL being executed or not. The correct explanation would be that the SELECT assigns a value once for...

    Tom

  • RE: Where's the Thread?

    Stefan Krzywicki (9/22/2014)


    I'm kind of hoping this becomes the new thread.

    Ah, all becomes clear. The thread wanted a companion, so it inserted itself between some spam threads to fool...

    Tom

  • RE: How many rows will be returned?

    SqlMel (9/23/2014)


    Good question.

    This is something to consider when using triggers. If you need to execute the code inside the trigger only if it affects some rows, you can use the...

    Tom

  • RE: No Compelling Reason

    Tavis Reddick (9/22/2014)


    My overall comments had a serious theme but an exaggerated style (intended to balance what I saw as a rather one-sided thread full of (legitimate) DBA concerns.

    And my...

    Tom

  • RE: Where's the Thread?

    GilaMonster (9/22/2014)


    Koen Verbeeck (9/22/2014)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (9/22/2014)


    There are some other topics missing, some points also went missing, all happened more or less at the same time.

    😎

    Iek, now that you mentioned it,...

    Tom

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