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  • Reply To: How much memory is allocated when you UNION ALL?

    I don't know the specific answer to your question but I have generally found it better to create a temp table or table variable (depending on size) and insert each...

  • Reply To: Excel LET Formula for creating small values tables from a table or range

    One thing I couldn't do easily was to deal with dates (that are date values in excel). These would show as "44649.94918" in the values table. When you would probably...

  • Reply To: Excel Formula to create SQL Script for a Values Table

    I just noticed that you need the table to start in column 1 for this to work properly. Although here is a version that works if the table starts at...

  • RE: The Soft Skill of Respect

    I don't think you have to respect people in order to do a good job for them, or with them for that matter. Some people are virtually impossible to respect...

  • RE: How Long is Too Long?

    Jeff Moden - Friday, March 15, 2019 7:33 AM

    As with all else concerning SQL Server, "It Depends".  Some subjects can be adequately...

  • RE: How Long is Too Long?

    RAThor - Friday, March 15, 2019 7:00 AM

    allinadazework - Friday, March 15, 2019 2:14 AM

  • RE: How Long is Too Long?

    "Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
    And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
    I will be brief: "
    Shakespeare advocates keeping it short and sweet.
    As does...

  • RE: The Creepiness of AI

    call.copse - Tuesday, March 5, 2019 3:11 AM

    I'm less worried about how creepy they appear than how easily AI may be used...

  • RE: The Creepiness of AI

    "I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest...

  • RE: Google's Expensive Confusing Rules

    Anyone else find it really disturbing when your typing a gmail and it auto finishes your sentence...?
    gooogle knows your kink.... get used to it.
    Google knows your wife is...

  • RE: Enjoying a Down Weekend

    call.copse - Friday, February 1, 2019 3:18 AM

    Herditary - genuinely creepy and horrible if a bit OTT at times
    A Quiet Place...

  • RE: Enjoying a Down Weekend

    I watched the good, the bad and the ugly again on netflix... Somehow it had a 3 star rating.... unbelievable. That's a 5 star film.
    I like Clint behind the...

  • RE: The Lost Time

    I totally agree. Time is essentially represented as a scale data type starting from an agreed zero point. When the clocks change you are effectively removing or adding units from...

  • RE: Renaming a primary key columns in the Azure DB

    Confucius was asked what he would do if he was a governor. He said he would "rectify the names" to make words correspond to reality!
    You're clearly on the right...

  • RE: Search arguments in a join

    You've created a set of all the records in table temp_1
    left joined it to Temp_2 using the ID
    You've then applied a where clause to this set that filters...

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