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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    BOL was very nearly useless to me when I started out. Here's an example of why even a simple question can get frustrating.

    I had an Access database that I...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    RBarryYoung (2/17/2009)


    My nominee for the week: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic658615-1281-1.aspx?Update=1

    *sigh*

    Brillant!

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  • RE: SQL query question

    You would either do that with Where Not Exists or with Where Not In, and then a query of the SSCC values that have incomplete boxCompleted values. Would look...

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  • RE: Downgrade Version

    Per Microsoft, on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx, you can only upgrade to 2008 Enterprise from that version.

    Doesn't mean you can't get a copy of Standard and upgrade your databases and such into it,...

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  • RE: tricky tricky tricky backup question --- not really

    I don't suppose it would be possible to have the data you keep be in one database or in one file in a database, and the rest be in another...

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  • RE: Administering Moss

    Luke L (2/17/2009)


    I'd suggest you don't leave it out in the sun too long. Mossy databases tend to not react all that well to sunlight. They like dark,...

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  • RE: SQL or Oracle

    Max (2/17/2009)


    Man, you guys are so lucky, we were so poor I had to push the horse up the hill. 😉

    Sisyphus move over! New guy with version 2.0 is...

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  • RE: tricky tricky tricky backup question --- not really

    I would definitely get rid of the shrink tasks. Automated database/log shrinking is almost always a bad idea.

    I think the backups should be fine. Don't bother with scripts...

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  • RE: Advise for complete Beginners

    Something that was really helpful to me when I was first learning how to build databases and code them was Microsoft's wizards for various things. I'd open the table...

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  • RE: Using Variables in SELECT statements

    What you need to do is use a "string parser" to break the IDs into a table instead of a row of comma-separated values.

    There are several of those in the...

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  • RE: SQL or Oracle

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    Jeff Moden (2/1/2009)


    Of course, I used to think punched cards and wired program boards were a lot of fun, too! 😛

    You should see the faces of the...

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  • RE: SQL or Oracle

    Bruce W Cassidy (2/16/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]I have yet to see a business judge an RDBMS on "which is easier to program in?"

    [/font]

    I've seen three that made that exact decision. As part...

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  • RE: Guest editorial: SQL Code Metrics

    On the point of the article, about having a "code checker" for SQL, I don't think it would really be possible, at this point, to automate such a system. ...

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  • RE: How can I change word "Null" in report parameter section for a nullable parameter?

    Can't you just change it in the Layout tab? I could be wrong, but I think you should be able to.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (2/13/2009)


    GSquared (2/13/2009)


    I'm a kindergarden drop-out. Does that count for anything?

    (I can legitimately and truthfully claim that I dropped out of both kindergarden and college. Not many...

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