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  • RE: TRUNCATE in TRANSACTION

    Saurabh Dwivedy (1/7/2011)

    Hey...thanks a lot! which language is this?

    Gàidhlig (aka Scottish Gaelic)

    January 7, 2011 at 6:23 am

    #1270595

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2011)

    Don't forget the Mayans, Tom. While they didn't use it in actual math calculations, they understood the concept of zero, nothing, and the need for a placement device...

    January 7, 2011 at 6:09 am

    #1270592

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Craig Farrell (1/6/2011)

    Hm, that may have confused you more than helped. I'll wait for Tom if it did. 😀

    :laugh: I am always surprised at how complicated people can make...

    January 7, 2011 at 5:54 am

    #1270583

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2011)

    The Zero was invented B.C.E. not in C.E. The Arabs get attribution, but they aren't the only culture to have invented the Zero. Here's an interesting link: http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/archives/008821.html

    FYI:...

    January 7, 2011 at 5:24 am

    #1270571

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    mtillman-921105 (1/6/2011)

    My guess is that math is designed to work with quantities. Since zero is not really a quantity, it creates paradoxes. (Zero is odd anyway, it wasn't...

    January 7, 2011 at 5:00 am

    #1270562

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/6/2011)

    Kit G (1/6/2011)

    Okay... how about 155 shopping days until my birthday! (June 10) 😀

    Or how 'bout 349 shopping days 'til my bday 😀

    Women rule the world, so unless you've...

    January 6, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    #1270282

  • RE: TRUNCATE in TRANSACTION

    Saurabh Dwivedy (1/5/2011)

    Tom I wanted to ask you...what does your signature mean? I am referring to these words below

    Na tog mi gun tuit mi ach ma thuiteas tog!

    OK, here are...

    January 6, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    #1270273

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (1/5/2011)

    GSquared (1/5/2011)

    What? There are programming languages that don't include the revolutionary new concept of "nullity" created by a self-proclaimed mathematical genius in the UK?

    http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2006/12/nullity_the_nonsense_number_1.php

    It's amazing how quickly...

    January 6, 2011 at 11:48 am

    #1270250

  • RE: Do you use Facebook?

    I don't have an account.

    Some of the tricks that the owners have played from time to time with terms and conditions and with privacy features buried so as to be...

    January 6, 2011 at 9:18 am

    #1270169

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Koen (da-zero) (1/5/2011)

    GSquared (1/5/2011)

    Brandie Tarvin (1/5/2011)

    Any programming language that complains when I try to use 0 as a divisor should be taken off the market and all its install disks...

    January 6, 2011 at 9:11 am

    #1270164

  • RE: TRUNCATE in TRANSACTION

    sjimmo (1/5/2011)

    UMG

    But have you used 8" floppy disks?

    They flew so much better across the data center. How about the 5MB platters used to make the disk packs?:-P

    5MB platters...

    January 5, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    #1269817

  • RE: TRUNCATE in TRANSACTION

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/5/2011)

    cengland0 (1/5/2011)

    sjimmo (1/5/2011)

    Nice way to make some feel soo old:hehe:

    I agree. I was programming in the late 70's (not SQL) so I am way older but don't want...

    January 5, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    #1269816

  • RE: TRUNCATE in TRANSACTION

    cengland0 (1/4/2011)

    Hugo Kornelis (1/4/2011)

    I replied wrong - I saw the rollback after the truncate, assumed the question intended to test my understanding that a truncate can be rolled back, and...

    January 4, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    #1269287

  • RE: Create view settings

    If I have an indexed view, it's unlikely that the view definition has to be parsed when I access the view (unless I specify OPTION(EXPAND VIEWS), of course) because the...

    January 4, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    #1269284

  • RE: Hot-Add CPUs

    It seems very strange that MS chose to restrict this feature to the 64-bit version; and equally strange that hot-add CPUs took so long to get into the mainstream of...

    January 4, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    #1269278

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