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  • RE: SEQUENCE

    Good question .... as one of the main objectives of the QOD is to TEACH people, the answers so far show that your question has more than fullfilled that objective.

    Correct...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Is there something wrong with the search on the site?

    For what it is worth ... getting same results as you -- that is just that page coming up saying nothing could be found.

    I tested Spackle, Moden, duplicates ...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Delete records

    Here is a method that you might want to test to verify it does what you require, and if it does test AGAIN and AGAIN to be certain, before attempting...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/24/2012)


    I'm back, and it looks like things were quiet. Other than Jason's humorous pictures and Jeff's attempt to get the thread into a serious discussion...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Select unmatched data from two columns

    Thanks for a good question to start the week.

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: How to delete only one of a set of duplicates

    Like Luis Cazares - has said

    But here is some T-SQL that you should be able follow and experiment with (USING tempdb of course) and with modifications make it the...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Thanksgiving 2012

    sqlnaive (11/22/2012)


    May your stuffing be tasty

    May your turkey plump,

    May your potatoes and gravy

    have nary a lump.

    May your yams be delicious

    and your pies take the prize,

    and may your Thanksgiving dinner

    stay off...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Split a String

    Agreed the 8K splitter refrenced by Luis Cazares is great, however for something as simple as your needs, you might want to try the following along with the 8K splitter...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (11/20/2012)


    The Dixie Flatline (11/20/2012)


    You took all of the joy out of it, Jason. 🙁

    Did I?

    Are you really sure about that?

    What if I gave you Steve's GPS coordinates so...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Simple insert

    With the information you have posted, it is difficult to say anything other than "It depends", which is NOT a suitable answer to your question. Now

    a. Any other...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Remove Duplicated row on a iseries table

    You could try something like:

    |

    CREATE TABLE #T(Date_Stamp DATETIME,KW1 DECIMAL(5,1), KW2 DECIMAL(5,1))

    INSERT INTO #T

    SELECT '12/10/2010', 5.3, 3.1 UNION ALL

    SELECT '12/10/2010', 5.3, 3.1 UNION ALL

    SELECT '12/9/2010', 4, 2 UNION ALL

    SELECT '12/8/2010', 3,...

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  • RE: Rounding question

    Unfortunately the cited reference for the correct answers does NOT or I could not find the "tie breaking rule" in that reference. Any one have better luck ?

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    Ron

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  • RE: Add an option to display the answer and explanation for the QoTD?

    Lowell (11/16/2012)


    here's a worst kept secret:

    for any question that is not today's question of the day,

    the answer is in the newsletters:

    so if you were looking at the QOTD for ...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • RE: Get Left-most Char of Col A to insert into Col B

    Is this what you need ? Look up the LEFT function in BOL Books On Line

    CREATE TABLE #T(Cola VARCHAR(6),Colb CHAR(1))

    INSERT INTO #T(Cola,colb)

    ...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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  • RE: Defaults

    Thanks for a good back to basics question ...

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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