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  • RE: Introduction to Indexes: Part 3 – The nonclustered index

    ok, so if I have a system generated UID from a different table, but the values are not entirely unique, only a few duplicates in my heap, I could/should use...

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  • RE: REPLACE Multiple Spaces with One

    Thought I'd tell you, you guys are just fun to watch. 😉

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  • RE: Business Days/Hours Calculations

    Sujizulu - this is a really old thread, try looking here, especially in the discussion surrounding the article:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/jmoden/calculatingworkdays.asp

    Article is specific to workdays in the US, but the lengthy discussion may...

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  • RE: Touchy Subject...

    Can't help but chime in to agree with the excellent advice above. Boils down to "do you really want to work for someone who is doing this?"

    Which may only be...

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  • RE: Mixed caps

    The function we're using in-house is from Jeff Moden, whose Tally table article Nigel already pointed you to. Uses that to achieve Proper Case (aka Title Case)

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic530630-8-2.aspx

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  • RE: Introduction to Indexes: Part 3 – The nonclustered index

    Asking what is probably an obvious question, but from what I understand:

    Adding a clustered index that covers multiple columns within a table is not necessarily advantageous, because it will expand...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Shoot, now I'm going to spend the rest of the week wondering just what category of white meat I fall into...

    Thanks a lot...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    S Hodkinson (11/18/2009)


    MyHeadHurtsWhyDoWeHaveMeetings

    Best answer I've ever seen: Because...

    :hehe:

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (11/17/2009)


    Have a nice trek, Lynn. Mind the shai-hulud.

    :hehe:

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  • RE: running database clusters

    I'm confused, if we're talking about vines and clusters, shouldn't there be a bottle somewhere?

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  • RE: REPLACE Multiple Spaces with One

    My first thought was "why the intermediate step, why not just replace double occurrences of space with nothing?", but after testing it, it obviously doesn't work because you don't know...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (11/12/2009)


    Alvin Ramard (11/12/2009)


    CirquedeSQLeil (11/12/2009)


    amazing how the thread can make a day go from bad to better. At least one good laugh a day.

    At first I thought you said...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    How about a medical concern?

    Foot In Mouth disease...

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  • RE: Slow execution of query when using datetime variables

    D'oh! Thanks for the correction, I was incorrect. Edited my previous post to indicate that, but left it in place so that your quote made sense in the context of...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (11/12/2009)


    What chairs?

    Yes, I'm planning on being there.

    ACK! Don't "Look Up" anything!!! :w00t:

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