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Try full outer, instead of left, and you should be able to include an "is null" in the Where clause that will filter for unmatched rows, you just have to...
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April 8, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Sounds like an interview question, actually.
Do you have the tables he's using? Do you understand the differences between inner, outer and cross joins?
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April 8, 2009 at 12:40 pm
This should get you what you need. Just put in your column name where I have the string literal.
select reverse(cast(cast(reverse(substring('05380101010000', 8, 4)) as int) as varchar(4)))
Edit: And, of course,...
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April 8, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I don't see where leading zeroes have anything to do with that.
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April 8, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Can you cast/convert them into a numeric data type (int, for example)? That'll get rid of leading zeroes.
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April 8, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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April 8, 2009 at 11:55 am
Update dbo.Table1
set EndDate = dateadd(minute, 30, dateadd(hour, 8, StartDate))
where EndDate is null;
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April 8, 2009 at 11:28 am
I think you can use an underscore there. I had to solve the same problem once, and I think that was what did it.
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April 8, 2009 at 11:14 am
insert into dbo.Table2 (EndDate)
select dateadd(minute, 30, dateadd(hour, 8, StartDate))
from dbo.Table1;
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April 8, 2009 at 11:11 am
On the "temp tables are bad" thing, the coding requirements for the place I work state that table variables should be used instead of temp tables, and that temp tables...
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April 8, 2009 at 9:36 am
I'm not clear on where the Flag data is coming from. You say you want to create the data for tableB, but part of that is the Flag, and...
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April 8, 2009 at 9:30 am
I've had a few problems with schedules that were changed after they were created, not working as planned. My solution was to create a new schedule, with the desired...
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April 8, 2009 at 9:26 am
Is that in a table, or a recordset variable, or something else?
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April 8, 2009 at 9:24 am
Have you tried using IsNull on the column? You might not be able to do that directly in the Pivot operator, but if you first use a CTE to...
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April 8, 2009 at 9:23 am
The easiest way is to take your most recent full backup, copy that to the test server, and restore it there. That's assuming, of course, that your databases are...
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April 8, 2009 at 9:12 am
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