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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (12/30/2010)


    GSquared (12/30/2010)


    I just noticed I hit 10k "points" on SSC today. Good way to end the year, as it were.

    Congrats. Where in the overall standing are you now?

    7th...

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  • RE: SQL Server v MySQL

    I Binged "MySQL vs MS SQL" and got some good articles on the subject, including a pretty balanced one from one of MySQL's lead people.

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  • RE: Resume font ?

    crookj (12/30/2010)


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    I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (12/30/2010)


    I just noticed I hit 10k "points" on SSC today. Good way to end the year, as it were.

    Thanks. (Woot! This gets me another one!)

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  • RE: How to update multiple column definition in single update statement

    I don't believe there is a way to do that. You can add multiple columns in a single command, but not alter multiple columns all at once.

    Copy-and-paste can remove...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I just noticed I hit 10k "points" on SSC today. Good way to end the year, as it were.

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  • RE: The Year of the Community

    Gotta agree. I think there's some maturing going on in the SQL Server DBA community that's making it tighter-knit and more effective. (By "maturing", I don't mean a...

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  • RE: How to update multiple column definition in single update statement

    I don't think you can do it in SQL 2008 R2 either. Not sure about Denali.

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  • RE: Resume font ?

    I've got a background in typesetting, and there are studies on serif vs sansserif fonts. Times variations are easier to read and look "more formal" per the studies, than...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Edited to remove a bit of dead-horse beating that really wasn't needed. 😀

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  • RE: Problem with Bit DataType in Where Clause

    Abhijeet Chavan (12/29/2010)


    Hi Gsquared

    Thanks for correcting me

    I was thinking the if @imported is null

    so this 'DailysettlementYN = @imported' will fetch the rows containing only the rows having DailysettlementYN as...

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  • RE: Using Integration Services without GUI?

    In reply to what tool to use other than BIDS, in order to avoid the GUI: SSIS packages are just XML files under the hood. You can edit/build/fold/spindle/mutilate them...

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  • RE: Using Integration Services without GUI?

    johnzabroski (12/29/2010)


    GSquared (12/29/2010)


    I don't know what UI he's using for SSIS. BIDS doesn't have half the problems he complains about, and BIDS is the default environment for building these....

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  • RE: Numeric order of a string

    LutzM (12/29/2010)


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    Peter Brinkhaus (12/29/2010)


    GSquared (12/29/2010)


    One guy suggested A = 41, B = 42 (not sure where he got those numbers from)

    Probably hex values. 0x41 = 65, the ascii-value of...

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  • RE: Updating data to one table across many databases on a server

    Grant Fritchey (12/29/2010)


    Apologies. I think that might have sounded more argumentative than I meant for it to.

    I agree. There are a number of ways to skin this particular cat. None...

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