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  • RE: How to find out missing Stored Procedures comparing of two databases

    Pardon me but this sounds like a homework problem. One option look at REDGATE Software's product at:

    http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Read and Update Strategy

    Suggest you read this in BOL and see how isolation levels effect data integrity and make your decision(s) based on that

    Adjusting Transaction Isolation Levels

    ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/udb9/html/9dfc3c68-9bf0-4896-b3b6-d2f1a601ead1.htm

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Question

    Believe this will handle both "Jones, Jack" and "Jones Jack" equally as well.

    DECLARE @WritersNames AS VARCHAR(50)

    DECLARE @Pos AS INT

    SET @WritersNames = 'Jones Jack'

    SET @Pos = (Select charindex(',',@Writersnames,1))

    IF (@Pos = 0)...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: How can I format numeric results?

    Use SELECT CAST(@myval AS DECIMAL(10,2))

    For example:

    DECLARE @myval AS FLOAT

    SET @myval = 123.45678

    SELECT CAST(@myval AS DECIMAL(10,2))

    result: 123.46 (note the rounding)

    Next example:

    DECLARE @myval AS FLOAT

    SET @myval = 565

    SELECT CAST(@myval AS DECIMAL(10,2))

    result...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Administering an Application Role

    Jacob:

    But why has this been so hard? I thought connecting to different DBMS was supposed to be quite seamless.

    With Windows authorization:

    Use my sample code and connection is relatively simple...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Change column to autonumber

    Autonumber is an Access term, what you may mean in SQL is termed an Identity column - which contains a number unique within that table and incremented each time a...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: I need to add a suffix to duplicate values

    For my own self editication I created a table and loaded your data and then developed a CTE to identify all the duplicate entries in what was your Column 5....

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Administering an Application Role

    Jacob, well I again checked my incoming PM box, nothing, oh well will leave this subject (forum) open so I will recieve a message saying that some one posted to...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Administering an Application Role

    Jacob did you get my Private Message to you.

    First of all the App user does NOT have to login to SQL Server and/or the database, as long as the database...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: I need to add a suffix to duplicate values

    To assist others who desire to help you please read the article in my signature block and post your question accordingly, that is the table schema, test/sample data as an...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: When Is Work, Work?

    How about this policy. IT workers (Programmers, developers, DBAs) were classified as "Salaried/Exempt". Which meant you were not paid overtime, or given comp time off. Now if...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Remove Characters from String

    To select just the month, that is data to the left of the first comma try this code to give you an idea of what you can do:

    DECLARE @FM as...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Performance Best Practices

    Heather then like Steve Jones' recommendation

    Read the articles by Jeff Moden. He covers some great basics you might want to avoid.

    . Limit your reading to Jeff's work...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: Best way to create a sample database?

    Laura

    The vendor has asked that I send the database to them so they can more accurately estimate the cost of conversion.

    Perhaps a dumb question on my part but are you...

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

    Ron

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  • RE: How can I combine multiple queries into 1 query

    probably can't post my sql, so that is why i'm giving a description of my queries.

    Extremely difficult to make any meaningfully suggestions with such meager information. Can...

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

    Ron

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