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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (11/11/2009)


    I was just trying to figure out the picture Ian posted.

    What picture?

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  • RE: How to best exclude a group of records

    You're welcome.

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  • RE: Derived Column to obatain only date part of a file (last 8 characters)

    Erik Kutzler (11/11/2009)


    Or, instead of creating a table and still using a derived column transformation while assuming the file extension is still 3 characters in length, this will work:

    SUBSTRING(@[User::FileName],LEN(@[User::FileName])...

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  • RE: Trigger to capture TSQL statement

    I'd definitely set up a server-side trace. Minimal impact, will get you the data you need, and has a number of other benefits as well.

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  • RE: Derived Column to obatain only date part of a file (last 8 characters)

    If the file extension is consistently 3 characters (pretty usual), then something like this would work:

    create table #T (

    ID int identity primary key,

    FName varchar(256),

    FDate as left(right(FName, 12), 8));

    insert into #T...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (11/11/2009)


    Oh look, a little upside down heart....

    ... or is that an ace of spades? ....

    .... a hooded apparition with glowing eyes?

    (DANG, this is a...

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  • RE: Detect and update 'duplicates' based on time difference

    I think the way I'd do it would be to join rows based on UserKey, ProductKey and DateKey, with equality tests on those columns, and a join based on the...

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  • RE: How to disable intellisense in SQL 2008 permanently

    If you deny select on the system objects to the accounts that aren't supposed to have intellisense, that should do it. It depends on the ability to select from...

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  • RE: import log file

    Are you trying to import all the text into a single row in a table?

    If so, OpenRowset with Bulk and Single_CLOB options, might be the better way to go on...

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  • RE: Message window to SSIS string variable

    That data comes from Management Studio, so far as I know. Not from the database itself. I don't think there is a way to access it. Could...

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  • RE: How to best exclude a group of records

    The error is because of the comma after PRHours.

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  • RE: A Bad Litmus Test

    Matt Miller (#4) (11/10/2009)


    Michael Valentine Jones (11/10/2009)


    There may be jobs where knowing the answers to those questions would be important. I have encountered consulting companies that seem more interested...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hey, I say Enterprise Class servers/software deserve Enterprise Class hammers! That's all! 😀

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  • RE: SSC Level List?

    Steve Jones - Editor (11/10/2009)


    I'll see if I can whip one up in Excel or SSRS. ....

    On a site all about SQL Server, he proposes using Excel instead of Reporting...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (11/10/2009)


    Hammers aren't fun for technical equipment on the fritz. Now a slingshot.....

    Depends on how you define the word "hammer"[/u].

    Edit: The temptation to link to a video...

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