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  • RE: It Happens

    simon.crick (9/27/2013)

    L' Eomot Inversé (9/26/2013)

    The idea that abstraction is a bad idea is just plain crazy. Abstraction is one of the main tools for reducing a problem into multiple...

    Tom

    September 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    #1654163

  • RE: CTE

    Hugo Kornelis (9/27/2013)

    (*) There is a lot of confusion on BEGIN and END keywords. Some people (like me) consider them similar to statements and like to terminate them. Others equate...

    Tom

    September 27, 2013 at 10:06 am

    #1654118

  • RE: Executing Dynamic SQL

    ksatpute123 (9/26/2013)

    Extended stored procedures are stored procedures that call functions from DLL files. That is why you cannot see the internal code for this. However, extended stored procedures are deprecated...

    Tom

    September 27, 2013 at 8:48 am

    #1654071

  • RE: Executing Dynamic SQL

    Nice question. I guess Ron is right though as only people who have actually seen the error message and remember enough about what it is can be expected to...

    Tom

    September 27, 2013 at 8:18 am

    #1654046

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (9/26/2013)

    The Dixie Flatline (9/26/2013)

    SQLRNNR (9/26/2013)

    Vendors are awesome.

    We love vendors.

    I think it depends on how they're cooked.

    a little spice, smoke, and slow cook em for a couple of days

    No, please,...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    #1653803

  • RE: Printed Books Vs E-Books

    Koen Verbeeck (9/26/2013)

    I'm thinking about getting a Kindle. Anyone experience with it?

    I have some PDFs lying around, can it display those as well?

    Is it good for reading technical books (screenshots,...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    #1653720

  • RE: temp table vs permanent table performance

    vignesh.ms (9/24/2013)

    Hi There ,

    Im handling cores of data which will refreshed in every run.

    for this which one I can go with ? temp table or permanent table ?

    When you say...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    #1653697

  • RE: Use of N with unicode constant parameter

    No, the correlation is irrelevant.

    You will get a performance diference between using N to make a string literal NCHAR and not using it so that it is CHAR. If...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 11:58 am

    #1653694

  • RE: It Happens

    simon.crick (9/25/2013)

    I believe technology also has a role to play in the prevalence of bugs in modern software.

    I certainly agree. Many bugs are caused by appallingly ill-conceived technology. ...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 11:04 am

    #1653671

  • RE: It Happens

    Gary Varga (9/25/2013)

    simon.crick (9/25/2013)

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/25/2013)

    simon.crick (9/25/2013)

    I was lucky. I had teachers who drummed this into me from an early age, and I have written some fairly...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 10:21 am

    #1653659

  • RE: It Happens

    Dave62 (9/25/2013)

    I wrote my first program on punch cards in the late 1970's.

    Really? That's unusual. I never wrote on punch cards or on paper tape, I used to...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 9:48 am

    #1653645

  • RE: It Happens

    simon.crick (9/25/2013)

    "embrace the idea that code can be wrong" -- Nathan Marz

    Surely this is the wrong approach, as it just gives people an excuse to be lazy.

    Code should NEVER be...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 9:42 am

    #1653642

  • RE: It Happens

    paul.knibbs (9/25/2013)

    I always like Maurice Wilkes' quote about this:

    "I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 9:02 am

    #1653611

  • RE: multiple conditions

    I agree with Koen - it's hard to understand what you want.

    However, I'm willing to make a guess that it's about how to write the WHERE clause of...

    Tom

    September 26, 2013 at 8:04 am

    #1653585

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/25/2013)

    Jack Corbett (9/25/2013)

    GilaMonster (9/25/2013)

    Someone want to add a voice of reason to this?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1493948-391-1.aspx

    I'd try but that tempDB thread has worn me out.

    Indeed. Though it's good to know...

    Tom

    September 25, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    #1653388

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