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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/9/2011)


    GSquared (2/9/2011)That and the thread on "Where do you find DBAs" have made me wonder more about how managers pick DBAs. I know how I would, were...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/9/2011)


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    Jan Van der Eecken (2/9/2011)


    You know, I read through that whole thread, and somewhere mid-way I started wondering whether nadabadan himself wasn't actually the interviewer. I...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Tom.Thomson (2/9/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (2/9/2011)


    Blech!

    Sorry guys, I'm not going into that one. It smacks of "Someone is wrong on the internet" I'm sure I can spend my time elsewhere more...

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  • RE: SQL Server Architecture

    The answers to all of those questions are highly dependent on your specific business needs and resources.

    Really, I'd hire a contractor to help you plan it all out. That...

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  • RE: sql server integration services

    What are you looking for?

    You design SSIS packages in Business Intelligence Development Studio, or .NET Studio, or other related tools.

    You manage the packages being run as jobs from Management Studio...

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  • RE: How to insert into foreign key table

    There are a lot of options, depending on what you want to do with the exact data.

    Most importantly, why insert automatically into Orders just because you add to Customers? ...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Craig Farrell (2/8/2011)


    *sighs* I've failed sainthood. I leave this gentleman in your hands, he can't even debate well, and my patience is stretching to the unprofessional realms.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1059167-145-1.aspx

    It's not so...

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  • RE: Membership Database schema incl. 12 monthly renewals

    I'd go with Jack's design. Don't bother with denormalizing the expiration or last payment date into the users table. Just query the payments table to get that.

    If you...

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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


    Not entirely sure why you're up in arms over this one, nadabadan. It might just be the way I'm reading your writing style. Either way:

    The only reason...

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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


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    nzngh (2/6/2011)


    It was an Interview question, surly I couldn't answer it. I have tried it in any possible way that I know but I got only...

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  • RE: Compare Two Row in the table and find what columns are changed

    ColdCoffee (2/9/2011)


    Gus, i think, you have missed adding Version column to your inner select.

    The original request didn't include the version number in the results. I try to match the...

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  • RE: Multiple Inserts Using SCOPE_IDENTITY() from the first insert

    You can bypass the table variable step if you specify the columns in Tbl5 in the Output clause.

    OUTPUT inserted.MyCol INTO dbo.Tbl5(Tbl5Col)

    You can list the columns you want to insert into...

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  • RE: Where do you look for DBA's?

    Jeff Moden (2/8/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (2/8/2011)


    proper American English

    According to some of my British friends, that's an oxymoron. 😛

    Calling Prof Higgins ...

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  • RE: Compare Two Row in the table and find what columns are changed

    This should get you started:

    ;

    WITH RefNos(RefNo)

    AS (SELECT DISTINCT

    ...

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  • RE: Any recommendations for SQL Server data editing software?

    I'd say building something in Access (or .NET, even better) is probably your best option.

    Most databases are designed to be accessed via a specific application, set of applications, or SAS...

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