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  • RE: Drop Databases

    Wondered whether this might be a trick question, but the correct answer seemed pretty obvious.

    Glad to know I can't accidentally drop tempdb ...

  • RE: Character Field Declaration

    Nice question - neatly demonstrates the two uses of the "char" keyword in T-SQL.

    Also, I managed to get it right without looking it up or loading up SSMS, which is...

  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    Firstly - well done on dealing with the plagiarism issue so openly - and a free book giveaway never hurts!

    We use windows functions extensively in our code base, particularly for...

  • RE: REGEX

    Mighty (11/14/2013)


    As far as I know SQL Server can only handle REGEX via the CLR, so .NET.

    The queries as shown here were not using REGEX.

    +1

    This was a really good question...

  • RE: The MCM Program is dead. Long live the MCMs!

    I think there's an understandable negative attitude towards MS certifications amongst a lot of experienced developers. That's probably better than taking an overly rosy view of what certification can...

  • RE: Global Configuration Settings

    "The SQL Server Database Engine recognizes any unique string that is part of the configuration name."

    Wow, I did not know that. Good question, I always like it when I...

  • RE: Stunned

    David.Poole (8/28/2013) My expression would be "Kalen Delaney".

    I was about to say pretty much exactly the same thing. Having seen her speak at this year's SQLBits, I can...

  • RE: Expressions

    As many others have said - great question, probably the best I've seen on the site. Challenging without being pedantic.

    I did get it wrong but understand why and definitely...

  • RE: A Beginners Look at Hadoop

    David.Poole (6/5/2013)


    Have a look at the SQLBits website for Justin Langford's presentation on HDInsight. Again, its very easy to install this on a Windows box and get started. ...

  • RE: Assigning values to Variables with CASE

    Hugo Kornelis (4/3/2013)...The code was long and complicated, making this question more an exercise in parsing code....

    ...which personally I quite enjoyed in this instance, but agree that Hugo's recommendations to...

  • RE: Updating Views

    Hugo Kornelis (2/7/2013)


    paul s-306273 (2/7/2013)


    Steve - 0 points to you for creating a view using 'select *'...

    😛

    So how should Steve have made a QotD about the dangers of select *...

  • RE: Data compression

    roger.plowman (1/30/2013)


    if your application makes extensive use of seperate data, it would seem you would really need it. 🙂

    Yes - exactly why I thought this was a good question. ...

  • RE: BIT Primary Key

    Good question, not too difficult but required taking into account PK, check constraint and data type which meant it took me a few seconds.

    Obviously some valid criticisms of the explanation...

  • RE: File Tables

    demonfox (11/19/2012)


    After reading the file table, I fell on varbinary(max) ..

    need to read it again ..

    +1

  • RE: Developer Deployment Frustrations

    To get back to the original topic...

    From my experience of working in a small (3-man) development/ IT team, easier access to the cut-down versions of SQL Server should hopefully mean...

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