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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (11/14/2010)


    Who all is planning on going to SQL Rally in Orlando in May?

    Since I work in Orlando, I'll probably go.

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  • RE: Unique index on multiple column primary key (composite)

    srinivas-406082 (11/12/2010)


    I think I got it. I created a dummy Identity column on TableC and used it as an unique index for my Full Text Index. And it works. 🙂

    Cool...

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  • RE: Alternative To Cursors?

    Jeff Moden (11/12/2010)


    sqldba_icon (11/12/2010)


    Just wanted to throw out a question to developers on what method do they use to loop around different objects.I typically use cursors, was wondering if...

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  • RE: Issues in Identity Column

    Paul White NZ (11/14/2010)


    Saravanan_tvr (11/12/2010)


    ...how can we update the values in identity column?

    Delete the row and then re-insert it with the correct identity value specified explicitly.

    You will need SET IDENTITY_INSERT...

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  • RE: 2 questions... first x > '' vs x <> ''

    Paul White NZ (11/14/2010)


    GSquared (11/11/2010)


    And that's why there need to be two different versions of null. One for "we don't know" and another for "we don't care". (Okay,...

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  • RE: SQL Help!

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=sql+server&x=11&y=25

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  • RE: Unique index on multiple column primary key (composite)

    Per MSDN:

    KEY INDEX index_name

    Is the name of the unique key index on table_name. The KEY INDEX must be a unique, single-key, non-nullable column. Select the smallest unique key index for...

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  • RE: Does SQL Server have functionallity like Oracle's %Type Attribute

    Nope. Pretty sure there isn't. Kind of a cool feature.

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  • RE: Need a little help with SQL

    Do post on an Oracle support site as well. You're much more likely to get good help on a site with more Oracle devs and DBAs than on this...

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  • RE: Alternative To Cursors?

    If you really do need to loop through a dataset, then a cursor is a perfectly valid way to do it. The problem with cursors isn't that, it's that...

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  • RE: Microsoft SharePoint for DBA

    Look over their articles/forums/whatever the have, and see if it makes sense to you. See if the environment is friendly for newbies or hostile/arrogant. Try a few out,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (11/12/2010)


    GSquared (11/12/2010)


    about an hour later, you report back, "I found a really clever way to get that new request done ahead of deadline". 😀

    Hell no, then they'll be expecting...

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  • RE: Send parameters to SQL stored procedure

    That's pretty much the exact scenario dynamic SQL is meant to handle. You'll either want to build the query dynamically in the front end, or on the database server,...

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  • RE: many-to-many overkill: why not one-to-many???

    I have to agree with David on this one. An identity column on that table doesn't make sense except as a lazy clustered index (and rental date-time would almost...

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  • RE: Issues in Identity Column

    You can't update an identity row, and you shouldn't. Nor should you need to.

    Are you trying to put row numbers on something? If so, either use the Row_Number()...

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