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Nice, easy one. I'm surprised this function hadn't come up in a question before now.

steve.jacobs (10/22/2013)

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KWymore (10/22/2013)

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Agreed, maybe it was marked for 2 points because we don't get a lot of DW-specific questions? Had it...

Agreed, maybe it was marked for 2 points because we don't get a lot of DW-specific questions? Had it been an...

Very easy and relevant question for me as I do a lot of ETL and DW work.

Fun question. Thanks Ashish.

Two days in a row of easy questions. Didn't have to think long on this one! 🙂

As for why many special characters show up as numeric, it has to do...

Easy one! Thanks for submitting.

Thanks for the question Steve! I know a number of developers who have probably never used datalength. It is good to see questions around functions that aren't used every day.

Thanks for an easy 2 pointer!

I was just reading about this the other day as well. Very timely question. Other than the columnstore index changes, I can't think of what else is changing offhand for...

Easy one for a Friday. Thanks Steve!

I think adding the list of dangerous settings with short explanations to the text of your post would make this a better article. While that information does reside in the...

I am so glad I got to the QoTD late today. Easy one. Thanks Steve!

SQLRNNR (9/10/2013)

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L' Eomot Inversé (9/10/2013)

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KWymore (9/10/2013)

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mtassin (9/10/2013)

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Jeff.MSSqlSage (9/10/2013)

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You guys certainly have an interesting definition of what defines "basics".

I don't think an undocumented feature of the ALTER TRIGGER functionality qualifies as...