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  • RE: Date Manipulation with DATEADD/DATEDIFF

    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...

  • RE: Raw Materials - Redundancy and Frugality

    Would pork chops work as well as fish for this?

  • RE: Don’t Change Anything

    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...

  • RE: Purpose of few SSIS Packages

    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...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    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...

  • RE: Purpose of few SSIS Packages

    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...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jcrawf02 (4/9/2010)


    I need some inspiration, what do you guys do when you start to lose focus and don't have the time to go get the crap kicked out of you...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    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...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    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...

  • RE: Column length

    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...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    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...

  • RE: Column length

    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...

  • RE: Column length

    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...

  • RE: ANSI_NULLS

    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...

  • RE: ANSI_NULLS

    RBarryYoung (4/8/2010)


    Point being (I guess), that even plain old numerical mathematics theory can never be perfectly mapped/applied to real programming, there's always something that has to be swept under the...

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