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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Luke L (4/5/2010)


    GSquared (4/5/2010) I'm looking forward to the next installers, which will be either flash drives or something you download. BIOSes need to be able to fire up...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Kit G (4/5/2010)


    lmu92 (4/5/2010)


    Kit G (4/5/2010)


    ... Memories of holding my breath during reboot hoping that the operating system (Windows 3.11) would come up abound. ...

    Wasn't Windows 3.11 "just"...

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  • RE: Foreign key constraints...WHY??

    Paul White NZ (4/4/2010)


    You can't trust the database to enforce foreign keys anyway.

    https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/357419/merge-statement-bypasses-referential-integrity#details

    😛 😀 😛

    Considering that that bug has already been fixed, I'm not too worried about it.

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  • RE: Data Encryption Options for Image Data Type ?

    So far as I know, SQL 2005 doesn't do built-in encryption on image data types. I could be wrong, but I don't think it does.

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  • RE: Reading a column of type XML

    You'll need to look up the "query", "nodes", and "value" functions in Books Online. Those are the starting point for using SQL 2005/2008 XQuery.

    Those allow you to query XML,...

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  • RE: Data Modeling Question

    The main advantage to multiple databases is the ability to scale out.

    If you find that there's enough traffic to overload the server, you can move the busiest databases to another...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White NZ (4/2/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (4/2/2010)


    I sit here and wonder how those people at the top are nearly perfect in the QOD with so many that were wrong.

    Multiple registrations?

    The answer is...

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  • RE: Query XML Column With Cross Apply

    Try this:

    SELECT Car.value('(/cars/@model)[1]', 'varchar(100)'),

    Quantity.Node.query('.').value('(/quantity/@shop_location)[1]',

    ...

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  • RE: Data Modeling Question

    I'd do multiple databases. Makes it easier to scale the whole thing out, plus lots of other advantages.

    On the need for a single place to keep procs, would it...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/2/2010)


    GSquared (4/2/2010)


    I'd be specific. "Transactions in table variables can't be rolled back."

    I dunno, that could give the impression that failed inserts/updates don't roll back (insert 10 rows, row...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)


    GilaMonster (4/2/2010)


    GSquared (4/2/2010)


    Saying "they don't participate in transactions" could be misleading. If you insert into a temp or permanent table from a table variable (either by itself...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)


    GSquared (4/2/2010)


    Saying "they don't participate in transactions" could be misleading. If you insert into a temp or permanent table from a table variable (either by itself or...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/2/2010)


    GSquared (4/2/2010)


    Saying "they don't participate in transactions" could be misleading. If you insert into a temp or permanent table from a table variable (either by itself or as...

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  • RE: Need to give Developer access to create stored procs

    You can grant the right to create procedures specifically.

    Would look like this:

    GRANT CREATE PROCEDURE TO bob;

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Saying "they don't participate in transactions" could be misleading. If you insert into a temp or permanent table from a table variable (either by itself or as part of...

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