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pleasehelpme (11/2/2009)
gilamonster,it's not your business how people like to answer the questions in the interview. Stop whining ok, you are annoying.
Hate to disappoint you, but the ethical standards of people...
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November 2, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Are you asking if the database admins should have access to the folders with the SQL executables? Or are you asking about Windows/domain admins?
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November 2, 2009 at 2:57 pm
By definition, if you don't supply an Order By clause in a query, SQL isn't obligated to return it in any particular order at all. It will often be...
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November 2, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I'll second the motion for a calendar table. Makes all of these things much easier to solve.
Beyond that, why not just add 1 to the day before you run...
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November 2, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Is it simple enough XML that you could have a computed column that stored it? Or an indexed view?
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November 2, 2009 at 1:20 pm
You can't change settings in a UDF. Will need to be a proc.
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November 2, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Take a look at the execution plan. SQL will usually turn a single-value In into an equality test. The only time it doesn't, that I know of, is...
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November 2, 2009 at 12:28 pm
You're welcome.
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November 2, 2009 at 9:26 am
Not sure what you mean by "white space" in this context.
If you want to compare the data, RedGate has a tool for that. So does ApexSQL. They both...
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November 2, 2009 at 9:24 am
See the thing at the top right corner of this website that says, "a community service from redgate"? Click on that. They're the ones who make SQL Prompt....
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November 2, 2009 at 8:44 am
Declare a varchar variable for the recipient e-mail addresses, assign the values to it, use it when calling sp_send_dbmail.
declare @To varchar(max);
select @To = @EmployeeEmail + ';' + @ManagerEmail;
exec msdb..sp_send_dbmail @recipients...
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November 2, 2009 at 8:42 am
The logic the old fashioned way is how you're currently doing it, with an ID and a ParentID. It's slower and requires more I/O proportionate to the number of...
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November 2, 2009 at 7:08 am
Do you have a Numbers table? (Or Tally table, or whatever else you want to call it.)
If so, then you can use a string parsing query in a cross...
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November 2, 2009 at 7:00 am
zeitiadaisy (11/2/2009)
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November 2, 2009 at 6:54 am
First, how frequently does this data change? Multiple times per second? Every day? Every week? Every few months? Once a year or less?
If the answer...
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