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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    L' Eomot Inversé (11/14/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (11/14/2011)


    No, not that one so much; the search I gave should bring up MERGE bugs on Connect like these:

    Just seeing 353 hits is quite scary....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Evil Kraig F (11/14/2011)


    Sean Lange (11/14/2011)


    And a good reminder that we can all use a refresher on from time to time.

    As others have said, let me know if I cross...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    L' Eomot Inversé (11/14/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    Especially when DBAs are forced to use vendor databases over which they have little schema control. Don't beat up the people who have...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQL Kiwi (11/14/2011)


    GSquared (11/14/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (11/14/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    Anything else I should put at the top of my "check this out" list with MERGE?

    Yeah, do a Google search on "site:connect.microsoft.com sql...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/14/2011)


    GSquared (11/14/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/14/2011)


    GSquared (11/14/2011)


    SQLRNNR (11/13/2011)


    I find the practice of prefixing with tbl_ just a waste of 4 chars in a table name. It would be funny if a...

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  • RE: Don't Criticize Code

    majorbloodnock (11/14/2011)


    GSquared (11/14/2011)


    majorbloodnock (11/14/2011)


    Arguably, though, the quality of the code doesn't matter; it either fulfills its business requirement or it doesn't. If you need to justify downtime to rewrite portions,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQL Kiwi (11/14/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    Anything else I should put at the top of my "check this out" list with MERGE?

    Yeah, do a Google search on "site:connect.microsoft.com sql server merge bug"...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/14/2011)


    GSquared (11/14/2011)


    SQLRNNR (11/13/2011)


    I find the practice of prefixing with tbl_ just a waste of 4 chars in a table name. It would be funny if a proc were...

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  • RE: Using "or" in a join? Whatsupwiththat?!

    An "IN ()" statement is just a shorthand way of typing multiple OR statements, so it works the same way.

    Conditional joins like that are fine if they are what's needed...

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  • RE: Why is "Select *" bad in any SQL code?

    SanDroid (11/14/2011)


    SanDroid (11/14/2011)


    Please supply your reference in any answer you provide. For example a link to the internet or the name of the book that backs up your post.

    For...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (11/14/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    After looking at the link Remi posted, and noticing the MERGE answer there, I have to wonder. For a simple one or two table update like...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    After looking at the link Remi posted, and noticing the MERGE answer there, I have to wonder. For a simple one or two table update like that, is...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (11/14/2011)


    GilaMonster (11/14/2011)


    SQLRNNR (11/13/2011)


    I find the practice of prefixing with tbl_ just a waste of 4 chars in a table name.

    Likewise and a waste of time when...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (11/13/2011)


    I find the practice of prefixing with tbl_ just a waste of 4 chars in a table name. It would be funny if a proc were prefixed with...

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  • RE: what is the use of : WITH (NOLOCK, READUNCOMMITTED)

    Tom Brown (11/14/2011)


    OK I've read and inwardly digested the link. :blush:

    Seems like SNAPSHOT Read committed is one way to go. However if I investigate this and find is...

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