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  • RE: The Express Choice

    I would consider SSEE for a 10 user line of business application that doesn't require GB of reference data or ad-hoc queries. However, it would have to be a business...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Building Small Habits

    Of course containing "date" values in VarChar columns is a bad idea from the start, and once it's done, it's no small change to undo, because there are applications and...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Super long running queries (bad users)

    sstanek 27058 (2/26/2015)


    I like the idea of the wall of shame rather than the kill list. You may want to make it a little closer to home though and have...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    PHYData DBA (2/25/2015)


    Eric M Russell (2/25/2015)


    If I offended anyone here with my analogy, of a table having no primary key, to that of a feral child having no name, then...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    If I offended anyone here with my analogy, of a table having no primary key, to that of a feral child having no name, then I'm sorry. I think that...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Small Leadership

    Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.

    – Colin Powell

    I believe this quote is particularly...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    ZZartin (2/19/2015)


    Eric M Russell (2/19/2015)

    In the original post, it was stated that table contains no primary key. Regardless of what the table contains (datatypes or internal value structure), all tables...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: MMM DD YYY to YYYYMMDD

    MMartin1 (2/24/2015)


    I for one like the yyyy-mm-dd notation. In other countries a '20140711' could be interpreted as Nov 07, 2014. If you changed the default language setting on your machine...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: MMM DD YYY to YYYYMMDD

    FYI:

    If you're struggling with users entering "date" values into a varchar column in required format, the following check constraint enforces insertion of values as YYYYMMDD.

    create table foo

    (

    ...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: MMM DD YYY to YYYYMMDD

    It works for me when I first cast the string as date and then wrap a convert function around that.

    PRINT convert(char(8),cast('Jul 11 2014' as date),112);

    20140711

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Default constraint?

    If no explicit constraint name is specified, then SQL Server will assign a random one at the time of object creation. It's best supply a constraint name so it's consistent...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Microsoft and Minecraft and Training Kids

    Kutang Pan (2/23/2015)


    I'm going to get my 7 and 5 y/o their own first PC, nothing powerfull, just something to be able to watch movies and stuff on internet. Maybe...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: How do I get the column type and length. SQL help needed

    mw112009 (2/23/2015)


    Hello and Good Day.

    Below is a SQL statement that shows what columns belong to a certain view. My next question is how can I get a third column that...

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  • RE: WHERE 1 = 1,who uses this besides me

    PHYData DBA (2/23/2015)


    bantrim (2/22/2015)


    Eric M Russell (2/22/2015)


    On occasion I've used: SELECT.. WHERE 1 = 0. For example, I may want to select into a temp table that is derived from...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Microsoft and Minecraft and Training Kids

    I don't let my young kids go off exploring entirely on their own; not the neighborhood or the internet. But I do find ways to gradually and thoughtfully introduce them...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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