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  • RE: Number of Rows

    What a bizarre question.

    I like paul s-306273's comment about its relevance to life, the universe, or anything and think the anser is (to paul's question) is none. But...

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    opc.three (1/15/2013)


    Ill Communication

    From ghoulies and ghosties and the boys called the beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!

    Tom

  • RE: T-SQL 2012 #2

    KWymore (1/14/2013)


    Thanks for the 2012 question. I'm not sure why I would ever use CHOOSE. I would usually join to a reference table, or use a case statement, or create...

    Tom

  • RE: Precedence in math

    bitbucket-25253 (1/12/2013)


    My typical (average) percentage incorrect has been close to 40% - and discussions have gotten hot and heavry.

    40% is a good number - in my much smaller contribution of...

    Tom

  • RE: T-SQL 2012 #2

    bitbucket-25253 (1/12/2013)


    L' Eomot Inversé (1/12/2013)


    Nice clear straightforward question.

    Good to see a question on this new feature.

    Interestingly, there's an error on the BoL page: it says the CHOOSE function...

    Tom

  • RE: SQL JOINS

    Sort of easy but irritating - seemed a bit pointless.

    Tom

  • RE: T-SQL 2012 #2

    Nice clear straightforward question.

    Good to see a question on this new feature.

    Interestingly, there's an error on the BoL page: it says the CHOOSE function

    BoL


    Returns the data type...

    Tom

  • RE: Precedence in math

    SQLRNNR (1/9/2013)


    I completely disagree.

    Only for the sake of creating discord, malcontent, and to be argumentative because there is nothing in the question to whine about otherwise.

    So that now we can...

    Tom

  • RE: Conditional joining of Table A nested ID/heirarchyid to table A or B?

    I haven't done any database design that really matters for a few years, but I would do something very different from your idea.

    Lets start with fundamental basics.

    I want...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Greg Edwards-268690 (1/11/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/11/2013)


    Greg Edwards-268690 (1/11/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/11/2013)


    I'm blogging about ACID tomorrow.

    In spite of what some say, not everything on the internet is true....

    Ok. Now Greg is writing...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (1/10/2013)


    dwain.c (1/10/2013)


    What you said is quite true and unlikely to be successfully challenged.

    Hence I conclude that Mr. Shehap El-Nagar is not nearly as thick-skinned as me. 😛

    So why...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    dwain.c (1/8/2013)


    Am I the only one that finds these kinds of SQL puzzles fun?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1403293-392-1.aspx

    Come on! Surely some of you heavyweights can whip up a cool solution to it.

    I'm not...

    Tom

  • RE: Five percent rounded down

    vk-kirov (1/11/2013)


    L' Eomot Inversé (1/11/2013)


    Even if people were just making random guesses

    The first two answers (100, 105, 105 and 105, 105, 105) cannot be considered as random guesses. So the...

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Revenant (1/10/2013)


    L' Eomot Inversé (1/10/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/10/2013)


    bitters

    Angostura or English beers?

    Becherovka

    I don't remember that being any sort of bitter, and I drank enough of it to remember the taste at a wedding...

    Tom

  • RE: Five percent rounded down

    jfgoude (1/10/2013)


    I think no one could guess correct answer without copying it into sql edit view.

    so I can say surely there is 63% cheaters

    Even if people were just making random...

    Tom

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