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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/4/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/3/2011)


    Tom, I'm less than concerned with debates in the editorial forum, or this Anything Not about SQL forum. Those are there for opinionated...

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  • RE: Toys V. Tools

    I think of life in terms of it being a game, so pretty much everything is a toy to me. Even such dangerous tools as tablesaws and nuclear bombs...

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  • RE: How to Access SQL Database Over the Web

    Web services aren't being deprecated, just the SOAP connections directly to SQL Server. You can still set up web services, until something better comes along. Just do them...

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  • RE: Finding intersects between two date based datasets

    chris.king (2/3/2011)


    GSquared,

    Just tried that out and it works perfectly with my code.

    Thank you so much, this was driving me nuts! 🙂

    Chris

    You're welcome.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Tom Brown (2/4/2011)


    If Gus could repost his explanation of this LEET/4chan speak here it would be informative. It was the only info on 'that thread' that I'd like...

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  • RE: How to Access SQL Database Over the Web

    If you really need to do this, and I recommend against it, then all you have to do is expose the database server by setting it up to have an...

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  • RE: Default Values

    I'd just make it the default value in the stored procedure that inserts the data in the first place, assuming you're using procs.

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  • RE: Order by months (financial year rather than calendar year)

    Whenever I have to deal with this category of situation, I use a calendar table. You can define quarters, fiscal years/months, et al, in one, tied to actual dates....

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  • RE: From DBA / Dev to Management

    Brandie Tarvin (2/3/2011)


    Tom.Thomson (2/3/2011)


    I've flipped between management and non-management many times during my career

    This leads to another question. How easy is it to get a future tech job when you...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (2/3/2011)


    Lynn Pettis (2/2/2011)


    Amazing it is how arrogant some may be.

    And then to post here as well?

    Hmm, neither of these go anywhere (well, the first goes to the main forum...

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  • RE: How to Access SQL Database Over the Web

    You can expose SQL Server to the web and access it that way, but it's a really, really, really bad idea from a security standpoint.

    Is there any way for you...

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  • RE: Select Records between time stamps

    What data type is the timestamp column?

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  • RE: Finding intersects between two date based datasets

    You need two tests for datetime intersection.

    If A.Start < B.End and A.End > B.Start then they intersect. This covers A starting before B and ending after B starts. ...

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  • RE: From DBA / Dev to Management

    Brandie Tarvin (2/2/2011)


    Next question:

    How did you half-management / half-DBA types deal with the overload of DBA tasks?

    I.E., say there's too much workload for the DBA team to handle in...

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  • RE: SQL statement problem

    Jeff Moden (2/2/2011)


    Thanks for the correction, Gus. Not sure what I was thinking there with that OR hanging out as plain as day.

    It happens.

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