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  • Reply To: What is wrong with my code?

    michael.leach2015 wrote:

    "Correct.  It doesn't matter if it's tabs or spaces.  And, if you consider the column names example I gave, now you also understand one of the reasons why I...

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  • Reply To: What is wrong with my code?

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    below86 wrote:

    but I still prefer the 'AS' method instead of '='. 😀  

    The reason I prefer the "=" method is simply because of my habit to do vertical...

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  • Reply To: What is wrong with my code?

    David Burrows wrote:

    below86 wrote:

    when I drop a column name like Policy_Type into the report, SSRS is smart enough to replace the underscore with a space for the column name on the...

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  • Reply To: What is wrong with my code?

    Phil Parkin wrote:

    PolicyType is Pascal case, not camel case, which would be policyType. I guess I'm lucky: I've been reading code without underscores for so long that I find it just...

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  • Reply To: What is wrong with my code?

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    below86 wrote:

    If your presentation layer is SSRS, then using underscores in your column names makes life easier, IMHO.  Now I'm using 2008 SSRS, but when I drop a column...

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  • Reply To: What is wrong with my code?

    If your presentation layer is SSRS, then using underscores in your column names makes life easier, IMHO.  Now I'm using 2008 SSRS, but when I drop a column name like...

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  • Reply To: SQL Battleship

    Almost tied my best of just 23 shots, 24 shots. 🙂

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    TomThomson wrote:

    below86 wrote:

    I've been working with a young developer for over a year on trying to get her to format any SQL she writes, SSIS or SSRS packages.  Since...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    p.s.  Venting is good... being old, I can tell you, it keeps you from farting so much. 😀

    I guess my wife would say I need to do more venting...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I've been working with a young developer for over a year on trying to get her to format any SQL she writes, SSIS or SSRS packages.  Since I do most...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    I've submitted an issue to try and get quoting either only quoting the post itself (no sub quotes) or adding line breaks in. I think this is a cumbersome...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Here is another issue that needs to be addressed(see attached screen shot).  In Jeff's response it makes it look like 'below86 wrote:' but what it shown is what 'Thom A'...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    ... Anything to do with code formatting, or site formatting, is personal preference.

    Really???  There is a reason we all don't use monochrome monitors anymore, they were visually unappealing.

    I come...

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  • Reply To: Issues/fixes I would like to see

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    below86 wrote:

    While the 'Replies Created' looks a little cleaner without seeing my full reply, I don't know if it is any better, see attached.

    This is intended to give...

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  • Reply To: Issues/fixes I would like to see

    I was using that view to look at the replies that have been made to the 'today's Random word' and the 'Are the posted questions getting worse' threads.  This was...

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