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  • RE: The Personal Checksum

    P Jones (8/31/2012)


    The British/European system where you are handed the electronic card machine to check the amount and enter your pin number and the transaction is then completed on-line to...

  • RE: Using Sparse Columns and Sparse Column Sets

    Nice question.

    Raghavendra Mudugal (9/5/2012)


    same as this http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1351393.aspx with little details change. Got a impression at first that this question was repeated before and then I had to compare between these...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    george sibbald (9/4/2012)


    On the subject of pronunciation I would like to make it clear that we look after d-ay-tabases, not d-ar-tabases

    🙂

    I can't imagine anyone saying d-ar-tabases, but maybe you are...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Ray K (9/4/2012)


    Monday, though it's really Tuesday

    (Those of you in the US and Canada will understand better what I mean!)

    elsewhere in the world we know that in America teh 1st...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    BrainDonor (9/4/2012)


    ChrisM@Work (9/4/2012)


    David Burrows (9/4/2012)


    Fal (9/3/2012)


    Quick poll: how would you pronounce the word "Route"?

    I'll explain why later, if I'm not too embarrassed. :blink:

    Steve.

    I am English so naturally /ru?t/

    Likewise -...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQL Kiwi (9/3/2012)


    Fal (9/3/2012)


    Quick poll: how would you pronounce the word "Route"?

    I try to avoid the word completely, using a synonym or rephrasing the whole statement. Pronouncing it 'rowt'...

  • RE: Table Variable

    Terrific question.

    Nicely illustrates what might be thought of as a nasty problem with table variables, but can sometimes be a big plus point.

  • RE: Question of the Day for 19 Nov 2004

    Ivanna Noh (1/21/2008)


    Hi All

    I have a question about backing up mirrored databases:

    Say you have the principal on server A, the mirror on server B and the witness on server C

    If...

  • RE: Question of the Day for 21 Sep 2004

    One of those questions where picking the least wrong answer gets you there. Not as good as a question where you can pick the right answer.

  • RE: Question of the Day for 14 Oct 2004

    Oh drat, is that really not the default? I must have gone non-default every time I configured transactional replication, because no blocking when creating snapshot of big table.

  • RE: Question of the Day for 11 Oct 2004

    Don't put two very similar options next to each other, it increases the chance of finger trouble causing wrong answers.

  • RE: Question of the Day for 09 Dec 2004

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/10/2004)


    It has been corrected. That was a typo.

    It needs another correction. You now have a good question with a correct answer, but the explanation...

  • RE: Question of the Day for 05 Jan 2005

    At least this one got fixed (as well as points being awarded to those who who were caught by the error) so that people coming on later don't fall into...

  • RE: Question of the Day for 10 Jan 2005

    Coming on many years aftterwords, I'm pissed off that this question wasn't corrected somehow. It was wrong then, and has never been right, and the author knows it. ...

  • RE: Question of the Day for 12 Apr 2005

    Wouldn't the correct option be to put out a contract on the network administrator? 😀

    Or at least highlight his irresponsible activity to senior management?

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