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  • RE: A Hazard of Using the SQL Merge Statement

    P Jones (4/3/2013)


    As another MERGE fan I'd use

    WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE AND (t.ID = s.ID) THEN DELETE;

    in the original merge statement.

    But I've no complaints about the article...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: Uppercase vs. lowercase for keywords

    Mom always said I was special! Found this while looking for other info on Uppercese and couldn't help tagging on. Noticed afterward how old it is....

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: Uppercase vs. lowercase for keywords

    Through out all this no one has wondered why "Intellisense" can take care of color coding but not capitalization.

    What about some settings to implement the "shop standard" for...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: SET option hierarchy

    I too was in a quandry trying to resolve the conflict of the last part of option 4. After losing a few hairs I choose poorly. I...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: TDE and Filegroups

    Per article (Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) SQL Server 2008 by Roy Ernest, 2009/05/04) implementation will not "fail" but will not complete.

    "If you look at sys.dm_database_encryption_keys, you will see...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: Execution plans

    Joined discussion all set to rant (nicely of course) about "wrong" answer but see I'm too late. Points are great for bragging rights but I like the learning and...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: Dating for DBAs - a second date

    Not sure what I'm missing but the only one that failed for me was the datetime. Tried British, German, Italian, US_English. Tried dateformat as ymd, dmy, mdy and...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: Is There a Best?

    Goal: Attach these two boards.

    Tool: Hammer, Resource: Screw

    Hmm?

    Yeah, it will work but not the best. However, if you are out of other options (no nails and all the stores...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

  • RE: Enhancing the readability of your code: Table aliasing in sql

    I tend to agree with careful use of aliases (make them readable and cogent) because:

    I have experienced the ambiguous reference reference error and reacted with "What do mean 'a' is...

    Al Kessler
    It's too bad that
    Common Sense Isn't

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