Yes, that is what they are talking about.

Drew

Why did you change the first WHERE to an AND rather than changing the second? For INNER JOINs, it is best for legibility to clearly separate your matching conditions...

I had to make some assumptions, and those assumptions may not be valid. I've noted those in the comments of the code.

First, you need to be consistent in your...

When using dynamic SQL, you have to be aware of the scope. You're changing the database inside your dynamic SQL, and that change is limited to the scope of...

BrainDonor (9/20/2016)

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But I don't know if I can - shouldn't the first full-stop be a comma? I think it would read better and it...

One thing is that your second subquery does not have an ordered specified, so the order is non-deterministic.

The other thing is that your subqueries are not obviously the same. ...

Actually, the FOR XML PATH already handles NULLs, so you don't need to make any changes to your original code.

Drew

SQLPain (9/19/2016)

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I am converting getdate to varchar but not converting L.fundingDate to varchar, would that miss out any dates. converting both to varchar is not giving me the accurate results...

Alan.B (9/19/2016)

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drew.allen (9/19/2016)

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TIME data DOES...

TIME data DOES NOT HAVE...

It seems that your sample code is missing a comma. I assume that you want to display the Holder and the HQuantity instead of aliasing the Holder AS HQuantity.

Drew

The actions UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE refer to the rows in the table, not the table itself. If the row doesn't already exist within a table, you cannot update...

Your sample data is simply too sparse. What happens when a person has multiple transactions? We can't tell, because you've only provided one transaction per person. What...

tmiller 90290 (9/16/2016)

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Jacob Wilkins (9/16/2016)

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Seems like you have time components in the columns you're comparing.

You're wanting it to just compare the date portion, but it's going to compare the...

tmiller 90290 (9/16/2016)

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Got it and I see that now.

Ok, so last bump is:

Two dates are the same (=) then it should be "NEW", then the dates do not...