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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Revenant (7/17/2011)

    Tom.Thomson (7/17/2011)

    That's because google knows that 1 is about 0. Did you look at the 1 result actually provided after that header line?

    "About 0 results (0.03 seconds)" [my...

    Tom

    July 17, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    #1354002

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Revenant (7/17/2011)

    bopeavy (7/16/2011)

    . . .

    P.S: http://www.google.com/#q=intraverse&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=900&tbs=dfn:1&fp=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&cad=b

    This is what I got:

    About 0 results (0.04 seconds)

    That's because google knows that 1 is about 0. Did you look at the 1 result...

    Tom

    July 17, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    #1353999

  • RE: Second Normal Form

    David Portas (7/17/2011)

    I think it is important to be clear on definitions given what you said in your previous article about 1NF permitting nulls. If a reader mistakenly thinks that...

    Tom

    July 17, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    #1353998

  • RE: Solving the "Running Total" & "Ordinal Rank" Problems (Rewritten)

    SQLkiwi (7/15/2011)[hr...Beware drawing performance conclusions from CTP (beta) software.

    Oh how I wish everyone would underastand that!

    Paul, you just aquired my vote for God's chief deputy for sensible DB design.

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    #1353792

  • RE: SQL Server Browser

    SQLBOT (7/15/2011)

    Gianluca Sartori (7/14/2011)

    SQLBOT (7/13/2011)

    I demand a refund!

    On what?

    The registration fee for SQLServerCentral? OK, done. 😀

    The points for the question? You got it by posting your refund request. 😎

    I...

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    #1353789

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    bopeavy (7/15/2011)

    intraverse

    Would that be an anti-extraverse?

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    #1353786

  • RE: First Normal Form

    pjcrout (7/15/2011)

    Tom,

    Firstly, great article. I actually stumbled onto it after reading your 2NF article via the link back here, and wanted to start from the beginning. Glad I...

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 7:06 pm

    #1353785

  • RE: SQL Server Browser

    The "TSQL Default TCP endpoint" referred to in the Bol page Network Protocols and TDS Endpoints is not the endpoint of a TCP connection, but a TDS endpoint; "TSQL Default...

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    #1353658

  • RE: Controlling I/O

    Good question.

    But why call a bit-mask a switch?

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 11:55 am

    #1353605

  • RE: Restoring Features

    Ninja's_RGR'us (7/14/2011)

    SQLkiwi (7/14/2011)

    Richard Warr (7/14/2011)

    Good question but haven't we seen it before?

    I thought so too, though I can't find the previous question. So, an easy 'green tick' for me...

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 11:45 am

    #1353598

  • RE: Second Normal Form

    fazalkhansb (7/15/2011)

    Greate article and the disscussion about historical data, here I am going to say something and need your help.

    I would also add effectiveStartDate and effectiveEndDate fields to the...

    Tom

    July 15, 2011 at 3:29 am

    #1353273

  • RE: Second Normal Form

    Jan Van der Eecken (7/14/2011)

    Hi Tom,

    Again a nice article, and looking forward to 3NF. Are you contemplating going to go any further than that?

    I'm planning/hoping to do three articles after...

    Tom

    July 14, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    #1353142

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    ChrisM@Work (7/12/2011)

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/12/2011)

    green

    Back in Cambridge for the week. Things are very green here, compared to Denver with its light rain and no humidity.

    The UK is at...

    Tom

    July 14, 2011 at 10:55 am

    #1352973

  • RE: Second Normal Form

    Smendle (7/14/2011)

    Great article, didnt read any previous articles before (assuming you started at 1). It should be noted that with any production DB system, even one that seems simple,...

    Tom

    July 14, 2011 at 10:34 am

    #1352962

  • RE: How to check image is exist in table

    Brandie Tarvin (7/13/2011)

    Koen Verbeeck (7/13/2011)

    As it can become quite a long binary string, you can also try converting the image to a hash value, which allows easier comparison:

    WHERE HASHBYTES('MD5', cast(ImageColumn1...

    Tom

    July 14, 2011 at 9:44 am

    #1352911

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