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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (9/20/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (9/20/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/20/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (9/20/2011)


    Amateurs.

    SELECT REPLICATE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), CHAR(39)), 9223372036854775807)

    Apostrophes all gone :laugh:

    Memory too. :crash:

    I actually tried running this command before I posted it. :pinch:

    I clicked 'cancel' nearly ten minutes...

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  • RE: Data Quality on the Open Web

    On the point of Linux "not taking over the world", keep in mind that iOS and Android are both *nix-based systems, as is OS X. So *nix may very...

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  • RE: Need help getting first value in a column

    Just ignore Joe. He hasn't figured out yet that most people post a sample related to their problem instead of posting potentially proprietary code, data that might have legal...

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  • RE: Creating a database and then migrating a folder full of files that was created by a vb6 program into a table

    Got it on the bottom half. Now the top part.

    SAMPLE CLIENT

    229-1953

    4221 N.E. 17 TERR.

    OAKLAND PARK

    FLORIDA

    06/18/08

    7/10/2008 4:10:27 PM

    MURRAY R/B PUSH

    CHECK OUT SERVICE *( CUST. NRW PLUG )*

    CLEAN FUEL SYSTEM CARB....

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  • RE: Varbinary questions

    Fire up a search (Boogle, Ging, whatever) for "query active directory in sql server". There are a bunch of good articles available on the subject.

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  • RE: Need help getting first value in a column

    Define "first".

    I don't see a column in there that indicates which one is first. Unless this is a text file or Excel spreadsheet or something like that. In...

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  • RE: Alert for Stack dump error

    A "stack dump" isn't a specific error. It's what Windows does when it's logging certain errors. There isn't an "error code" or "error number" for a stack dump.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/20/2011)


    GSquared (9/20/2011)


    L' Eomot Inversé (9/20/2011)


    WayneS (9/20/2011)


    GSquared (9/20/2011)


    Of course, I'm also one of the few people I know who tries to terminate every T-SQL statement with a semicolon. Not...

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  • RE: Varbinary questions

    It's probably AD credential information. If so, it's hashed for security reasons.

    You can reverse-engineer the hashes easily enough, or pull in the AD data and query against that. ...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    L' Eomot Inversé (9/20/2011)


    WayneS (9/20/2011)


    GSquared (9/20/2011)


    Of course, I'm also one of the few people I know who tries to terminate every T-SQL statement with a semicolon. Not needed, but...

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  • RE: Free as in Beer

    WayneS (9/20/2011)


    GSquared (9/20/2011)


    Actually, I've had my resume plagiarized. How weird is that?

    Normally, I'd agree that it's pretty weird. But then again, I know you... 😀

    I just have to ask......

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Gianluca Sartori (9/20/2011)


    GSquared (9/20/2011)


    Depending on your ANSI NULLs setting, it might try.

    SET ANSI_NULLS OFF;

    CREATE TABLE #T (

    ID INT PRIMARY KEY);

    INSERT INTO #T (ID)

    VALUES (1),(2),(3);

    SELECT * FROM #T;

    MERGE #T AS A

    USING...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Gianluca Sartori (9/20/2011)


    L' Eomot Inversé (9/20/2011)


    Gianluca Sartori (9/20/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (9/20/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (9/20/2011)


    Try doing ;with () Without any select after the with and you'll see if the engine thinks the statement...

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  • RE: Free as in Beer

    Ian Scarlett (9/20/2011)


    All of this just reiterates the need to make job candidates answer real technical questions and/or sit a relevant test as part of an interview.

    You have to take...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/20/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (9/20/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/20/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (9/20/2011)


    CTEs (i.e. ;WIth () ... SELECT ) are single statements in this context, yes?

    <pedantic>

    CTEs don't start with a ';', no more than an...

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