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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Full-contact soccer.... that has possibilities.

    Though I have to say, this pretty much sums up my favorite sport: http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2009-02-18/

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hey Greg. Welcome to "The Thread". I don't remember a No Trespassing sign, so feel free to jump on in and tell us whether the water is okay...

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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Do the sequences start over in certain ranges? For example, would parts in a certain class be sequence 1-10, and in another class, you might start over at 1...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    My usual thing with people like foxyjazz is to try to shock them a bit. Like my comment about skateboarders wiping out. Tends to wake them up. ...

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  • RE: T-Sql rant

    kevin.reynolds (3/18/2009)


    I feel Im running the risk of being lynched, but I agree in general with foxjaaz.

    Im a database developer but I too am frustrated with the snail pace at...

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  • RE: Large String Value needs to be broken down into Human readible fixed lengths.

    jap2bag (3/18/2009)


    Here is an example of a comment that comes down as one long string.

    ---0017720610---04---04---03/11/2009--- You can check your order status, track your order, obtain authorization and...

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  • RE: Large String Value needs to be broken down into Human readible fixed lengths.

    Bruce W Cassidy (3/17/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]Following this with interest. GSquared, did you test your answer? I tried it, but it dropped off the first line for me.

    BTW, I am wondering...

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  • RE: Code Formatting

    Another (minor) thing is that it seems to ignore "nvarchar". "Varchar" ends up blue, but "nvarchar" ends up black.

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  • RE: more than one column modification in a sql table

    Or, you could do it the REALLY hard way, and type "Alter Table" twice. I know that's a lot of work, but it does get the job done.

    alter table...

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  • RE: Remote debugging of stored procedures

    I don't actually know if that's possible or not. I've never tried to debug a web page, so I haven't looked into that option. Might be possible in...

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  • RE: Send Mail on key words

    Is there a time stamp of some sort that says when the data in that table was imported?

    Do you just need an e-mail that says, "Had "SELL" in comments today",...

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  • RE: Large String Value needs to be broken down into Human readible fixed lengths.

    How about something like:

    declare @String varchar(max);

    select @String = 'Hello my name is Jeff. I need some help on a project because right now this is how the application i am...

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  • RE: How can I check for numerics in a string fileld in a conditional split?

    You can check "like '%[0-9]%'". That'll tell you if the field contains any numbers.

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  • RE: SQL 2005

    Sounds like the vendor has issues. What a stupid way to do business!

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  • RE: Can SSIS be installed without SQL Server?

    You can install BIDS on a pc that doesn't have the SQL engine on it. I've done that.

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