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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/26/2011)


    BTW, are notifications back to normal for everyone?

    I'm still not receiving any at all.

    Thought that might be related to the fact that I deliberately opt...

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  • RE: Normalization

    David Portas (4/26/2011)


    GSquared (4/26/2011)


    ...

    If the only way to avoid NULLs is to violate the very religion that is being cited as mandating that they are evil, then that's all I'm...

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  • RE: Normalization

    Steven993 (4/26/2011)


    Well we have a problem here.

    I think you didn't understand what 1NF is.

    Let's take data example to make it clear !!

    What you are citing are the properties a TABLE...

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  • RE: Normalization

    Well we have a problem here.

    I think you didn't understand what 1NF is.

    I'm not quoting me. I'm quoting Date. If you really think he doesn't know what 1NF...

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  • RE: More fun with the OUTPUT clause, using a subquery, joins, et al ... Possible?

    Output doesn't really support full "select" syntax. But it's easy to get around that. Output into a temp table or table variable, then use that for your second...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/26/2011)


    Working on PASS abstracts tonight. Am strongly tempted to write one of them at least in verse. Just for fun...

    Haiku would be fun.

    Shakespearian iambic pentameter would be even better,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    [Jim].[dba].[Murphy] (4/26/2011)


    Nah, you're not an idiot, just focused on the question at hand.

    When the day comes when we meet in person, you'll know how stupid silly strange I really...

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  • RE: Need help with date

    Try this:

    SELECT DISTINCT

    txn.Terminal,

    txn.ActivityDate,

    DATEPART(hh, ActivityTime) AS H

    FROM...

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  • RE: Using Functions as Parameters in Stored Procedure Calls

    I wish this did work that way. Learned years ago it doesn't, by making that same "mistake". I think what I did was try inline sub-queries instead of...

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  • RE: Normalization

    Steven993 (4/25/2011)


    What the ??

    What is violating 1NF, and what is your definition of 1NF ?

    I give up, good luck guys 😉

    Here's the definition I'm citing:

    According to Date's definition of 1NF,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/25/2011)


    SQLRNNR (4/25/2011)


    Any word on when the Email delay will be fixed?

    According to a recent tweet, 'before tomorrow'. They have 37 minutes and counting before tomorrow. Better get working....

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  • RE: Using Functions as Parameters in Stored Procedure Calls

    T-SQL doesn't allow functions in exec statements that way. You can either pre-calculate the value and store it in a variable, then use the variable in the exec statement,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    [Jim].[dba].[Murphy] (4/25/2011)


    GilaMonster (4/25/2011)


    Yesterday I was getting notifications 10 hours late.

    That's probably because since you are so far away; it takes longer for the electrons to get there. They only...

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  • RE: Normalization

    Steven: You do realize that your address lines table violates 1NF, right? Rows are specifically ordered within the data (you even have a column for that), which Date says...

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  • RE: Explain what these mean

    The "order by 0" piece just puts that first, before 1 or 2. It's just a way to sort the data based on more complex rules.

    The IsNull part means...

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