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lhowe (4/7/2010)
Another method to strip the time from a date/time value and keep it as a datetime type would be: CONVERT(datetime,CONVERT(varchar,GetDate(),101))
This is probably the best generic method for rounding datetime...
April 9, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Would pork chops work as well as fish for this?
April 9, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Two points:
First, the statement
I'm sure none of you would store dates as characters, but it does happen.
is all very well, but if you are recording for example...
April 9, 2010 at 9:23 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (4/9/2010)
It is my understanding from the SSAS and SSIS that SFTPLA is diligently searching for a TSLOTALA for POTUS to replace the FLOTALA.
A TSLOTALA would indeed be ideal, since...
April 9, 2010 at 9:06 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (4/9/2010)
John Rowan (4/9/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/8/2010)
Here's one for y'all.
That one will go down as one of the best threads ever. One could only hope the OP memorized the answers actually...
April 9, 2010 at 9:00 pm
lmu92 (4/9/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/9/2010)
...And the State Security Annihilation Service doesn't bother asking questions - they just act.
That's where the QA (question asking tool) comes into play...
Would that QA be the...
April 9, 2010 at 8:40 pm
jcrawf02 (4/9/2010)
April 9, 2010 at 1:07 pm
BrainDonor (4/9/2010)
Why do so few people understand the basic principles behind backups?
But all would-be/junior DBAs who ask questions here fully understand the principles of backups: backup is what you do...
April 9, 2010 at 1:02 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (4/9/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (4/9/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/8/2010)
Enema?
“Know your enema and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.” Sun Tzu
“You never really know your friends from your enemas until...
April 9, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Paul White NZ (4/9/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/9/2010)
I have to disagree. What you are telling me is that the length of the check expression is 5. That is pure nonsense.
The type...
April 9, 2010 at 10:26 am
The Dixie Flatline (4/8/2010)
Well, I don't know how you people in Las Vegas like to talk..... 😉
They can actually talk:w00t::laugh:? It's not just some automatic phrase generator concealed...
April 9, 2010 at 3:53 am
Paul White NZ (4/8/2010)
I see nothing wrong with the original explanation. It correctly conveys the reason that the result is 'IsUnk' and not 'IsUnknown'.
I have to disagree. What...
April 9, 2010 at 3:49 am
In SQL Server 2005 the IsNull() function will truncate the length of replacement_value to that of check_expression.
This explanation is wrong. The IsNull function converts to the type of...
April 8, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Hugo Kornelis (4/8/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/8/2010)Is 0/0 = 1 or is 0/0 an error?
To that question, my answer is a clear and resounding "yes"! 😛
And mine is a resounding "sometimes"! Unless it's...
April 8, 2010 at 5:42 pm
RBarryYoung (4/8/2010)
April 8, 2010 at 5:08 pm
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