Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 7,366 through 7,380 (of 7,484 total)

  • RE: Rules!

    Scott Coleman (11/20/2009)


    You could quibble that the complete rule is not stored in sysobjects, since the rule definition is in syscomments. But sysobjects is the best answer of the...

  • RE: Easy Licenses

    Why might anyone contemplate using individual user CALs rather than server side per CPU licensing for anything other than a system with a very small numbert of users? Especially...

  • RE: Let's Talk Ownership (and SQL Jobs)

    Rob Fisk (11/24/2009)


    Yeah. I'd be really worried about the security implications of this.

    I thought it was a great article highlighting the problems that can arise from personally owned jobs.

    Pity it...

  • RE: A time and a place for the SQL Server Maintenance Plan Wizard

    Glad you changed your mind about the maintenance plan wizard - I would hate to be a raw new DBA without it.

    I make very little use of the maintenance plan...

  • RE: Cast as datetime question

    It's quite a good question, but I think the explanation of the answer could have been a bit better, since some may have reached the right answer for the wrong...

  • RE: Introduction to Indexes: Part 3 – The nonclustered index

    Nice article, Gail, and a nice end to a nice series. The more I read the more I want to read more, because in articles like yours there is...

  • RE: REPLACE Multiple Spaces with One

    Paul White (12/5/2009)


    TheSQLGuru (12/5/2009)


    Oh dude, wouldn't that be SWEET! Now watch them say "yep, it's a bug, but we aren't gonna fix it because ..." 🙁

    True, true, true. ...

  • RE: REPLACE Multiple Spaces with One

    Michael Meierruth (11/18/2009)


    There is a recursive effect going on which I'm still trying to understand from a methematical point of view, i.e. for a given N+1 spaces what is the...

  • RE: REPLACE Multiple Spaces with One

    C# Screw (11/18/2009)


    Hi Old Hand

    I hope you don't mind I wrapped you up in function

    >code cut>

    And here you are :

    Beginning execution loop

    Batch execution completed 10000 times.

    SQL: using ||*9*9||

    6570

    SQL: Jeffs...

  • RE: Is C# Better?

    What can you do in one that you can't do in the other? Well, that's a stupid question - both languages are Turing-complete, so apart from limitations imposed by...

  • RE: Consolidating Again and Again and Again

    The editorial is quite readable and sensible, but...

    I read the referenced article (actually just a quick skim read) and thought it was rather poor. Sure, we have to get...

  • RE: Introduction to Indexes: Part 2 – The clustered index

    GilaMonster (1/20/2010)


    Gentlemen, can you drop this please. It's not appropriate for the thread's topic and I'd rather not have Steve come and lock this because it got out of hand.

    Thank...

  • RE: Introduction to Indexes: Part 2 – The clustered index

    talltop-969015 (1/20/2010)


    I have gotten people fired in the past who say "it depends" all the time. Either give me a straight non-convoluted answer, or keep quiet or just say I...

  • RE: Latitude, Longitude and the nautical Mile

    Steve Jones - Editor (11/11/2009)


    It's a bit of trivia related to spatial information. If you work with data on the oceans, this can be valuable. It's not something most of...

  • RE: A Better Way To Install Updates

    Steve Jones - Editor (11/11/2009)


    That might be true, though I don't think the Event Viewer actually queries for more up to date info. It would be good if you could...

Viewing 15 posts - 7,366 through 7,380 (of 7,484 total)