Are your databases on different servers?  If they are then check the collations and character sets.

If they are on the same server then why not use a straight select?

If database...

I would do processing like this in one asp page.

The submit button has a value, or if you are using <input="image"....> a hidden field has a suitable value.

The page always...

There are two ways that I would approach this, and both of them involve scripting.

1. Use the generate script option on your objects.

SQL Server will generate the usual MS verbosity...

The trick is to sort the wheat from the chaff!

I've lost count of the number of technologies/technology companies that were going to be the next big thing, but after a flurry...

It is not really clear from your code what you are trying to do.

The settings of your SQL Server will affect how NULL values are interpretted so be careful, otherwise...

IF isnumeric(@s)= 1 AND PATINDEX('%[A-Z]%',@s)=0

     PRINT 'All Number'

ELSE

    PRINT 'NOT All Number'

This is a weird one.  At first I thought it was interpretting your value as a hexadecimal number but SET...

Sorry, I forgot to add.  Splitting the table into more than one by columns is vertical partitioning.

If your users tend to search for last months transactions then I would consider...

I had this problem where I had to get transactions from 15 countries on a monthly basis.

My solution, pre-analysis services was to create specific summary tables that pre-aggregated the data.

For...

Personally I couldn't give a damn about the "don't use capitals" issue.

For the pedants out there I do understand about case sensitivity.

What I care about is whether or not there...

It could have been nasty and obviously the exec wanted him skinned alive.

Fortunately IT manager took the view that he should be the one to discipline his own staff so...

SOUNDEX on SQL Server is too limiting.

You need an equivalent that takes into account more letters so that you can tune your dedupe process.

You also need to be able to...

In other words learn to be a development DBA.

One thing I have learnt in my career is that "in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king". ...

Really, this is a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions.  You can see the spirit of what the IT Director wanted to do its just...

Yes, I know what MODEL is for, its just that it has been hammered into me since SQL6.5 that the MASTER is and always should be sacrosanct.

Robert did bring up...

Presumably you have an ordering sequence?

Without details of your table structure the only way that I can think of doing it is by using a cursor, however I would tend...