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  • Reply To: Removing Number from String in SSRS

    All of your examples also only show (23) as what you want to remove, it you know the string then a replace would be the easiest way to remove that...

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  • Reply To: Removing Number from String in SSRS

    So what will you store if you have "Apple (Red) (23) (Granny)"?  "Apple (Red) (Granny)"?

    What is the purpose to remove the number?  Can the number be more than 2 digits?

    You...

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  • Reply To: Removing Number from String in SSRS

    If MarkP is correct on the format, where you want to remove the last 4 characters, why not use this:

    SUBSTRING(@var, 1, LEN(@var) - 4)

    Replace the @var with your field value.

     

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  • Reply To: Share Your Mistakes

    What's it say about us that only two people are willing to admit to making mistakes?

    I can think of several mistakes I've made just in the last week.

    After month's of...

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  • Reply To: Finding a New Job

    I'm happy with where I work today.  I hope to ride it out until retirement, 8 to 10 years or so.  I decided after I lost my job over 6...

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  • Reply To: My Incredible Journey With Your Help

    That'll be a lot of time in an airport or airplane in one year.

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  • Reply To: Traveling Observations

    Saw some similar views las month of the mountains as we flew through Denver to Hawaii(and back).  Well the wife saw more of it since she was by the window,...

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    Don't fear failure, fear regret.

  • Reply To: Gathering Data Through Life

    Only been to one on your List Honolulu, passed through Miami and Chicago, both flying and driving.

    Places we still want to see are:

    Italy, England, France, Spain, Australia, New Zeeland, the Maldives, Fiji, Bora...

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  • Reply To: BitBucket, who does the Merge?

    I'm trying to get it to be a team, not a developer.  I would prefer it to be the same team that is responsible to do our server moves, it's...

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  • Reply To: Today's Random Word!

    Bay

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  • Reply To: A Third Space

    I don't need a third space.  I prefer the WFH, hope we aren't required to come back in full time.  They say we can work from anywhere, but I would...

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  • Reply To: Do You Still Use CHAR?

    Jeffrey Williams wrote:

    below86 wrote:

    I didn't have any issues with CHAR columns lately, but we have had to adjust the size on our claim number(was char(8)) and policy number(was char(9)) sizes in...

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  • Reply To: Do You Still Use CHAR?

    I didn't have any issues with CHAR columns lately, but we have had to adjust the size on our claim number(was char(8)) and policy number(was char(9)) sizes in the last...

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  • Reply To: Reusing Tools for New Purposes

    Jeff said

    "The answer is simple... because it's not bullet proof and it actually takes less effort to make it bullet proof.  I've seen too many times where people have changed...

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  • Reply To: Reusing Tools for New Purposes

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    ...  Using end of month dates is actually a WORST PRACTICE!  ...

    I agree with a lot of what you said Jeff, but I can't agree here.   I've worked at...

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