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  • RE: Using COALESCE and also trying to multiply and divide

    CELKO (9/3/2014)


    Celko, you could really use a charm school course.

    A few decades ago, when I started posting on CompuServe, etc. I was super-polite and politically correct. Nobody heard me....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    dwain.c (9/2/2014)


    GilaMonster (9/2/2014)


    "The inserted table only contains the rows inserted into the table. I need rows from other tables as well. Hence I can't use a set-based solution"

    Err.. ok...

    Bwahaha! ...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    So it sounds like this is finally the long-awaited seminar on DBCC TimeWarp?

    Edit: and, apparently for expert users of that undocumented feature, since it will require the usage of such...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    rodjkidd (8/27/2014)


    One of the PM's near me is having a meting at his desk. Explaining something to another person. They are almost replying with umhum with metronomic precision. It's gone...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (8/14/2014)


    Evil Kraig F (8/14/2014)


    djj (8/14/2014)


    ChrisM@Work (8/14/2014)

    remember '76/'77

    Wish I could remember what last year was like, I remember some nice days for '77 as I have a picture...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    rodjkidd (8/13/2014)


    Ed Wagner (8/13/2014)


    rodjkidd (8/13/2014)


    Ed and Jason,

    Some serious rain there. Glad to hear you are all OK.

    Rodders...

    Thanks for all the well wishes, everyone. Things are starting to dry...

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  • RE: How can I hide a picture's watermark in Reporting Services? Can I a second image? Please, help!!

    ramon.gonzalez (8/11/2014)


    We own the copyright but is not esthetic....

    Then shouldn't you just ask the media content owner to generate one without the watermark?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (8/7/2014)


    GilaMonster (8/7/2014)


    Ed Wagner (8/7/2014)


    Put them in the same boat as WC.

    Speaking of... If you tried running a query against a table (a simple select) and if never returned,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jesus Grant, you throw this one to the OP like it's a "querying for dummies" book or something, and while I cannot disagree that reading it would give you a...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    LutzM (8/3/2014)


    Lynn Pettis (8/3/2014)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (8/3/2014)


    Where was that Crystal Ball again when one needs it, certain I've seen it somewhere...

    😎

    Actually, I think the Crystal Ball is needed here. I...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (8/4/2014)


    Ed Wagner (8/4/2014)


    GilaMonster (8/4/2014)


    And vague question of the week award goes to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1599205-391-1.aspx

    I want to make my search query faster and accurate.

    DO i need to use any algorithem in...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (7/30/2014)


    Grant Fritchey (7/30/2014)


    Early in this discussion the people who posted some sophomoric comments

    Let's just call a spade a spade. Yes my comment was less than mature, but...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    TomThomson (7/29/2014)


    The Dixie Flatline (7/29/2014)


    Country music is grounded in three chords and the truth.

    But which music is grounded in three discords and a white lie?

    Easy, bagpipes.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/28/2014)


    Koen Verbeeck (7/28/2014)


    This guy can explain it better than I can:

    Why I no longer contribute to StackOverflow

    Very interesting.

    I hope we've avoided some of that, though...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (7/28/2014)


    The Dixie Flatline (7/28/2014)


    Could I get a show of hands of how many people really hate starting a statement with a semicolon? (;WITH) and if so, why?...

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