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Jeff Moden (12/28/2007)
This should do it, Mike...SELECT *
FROM yourtable
WHERE ISDATE(LEFT(yourcolumn,4))=1
AND yourcolumn LIKE '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
Jeff,
Would this have been faster
SELECT *
FROM yourtable
WHERE yourcolumn LIKE '[12][089][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
AND ISDATE(LEFT(yourcolumn,4))=1
i.e. Restrict the 1st 2 columns...
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January 2, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Ok I made some assumptions on the format of your accounts but here is at least one solution. Its worked well for me in the past but I would...
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January 2, 2008 at 10:24 am
Ok probably one of the more interesting discussions on NULL and comparison operators but I have a question. I feel like I missed the 1st half of the discussion....
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January 2, 2008 at 10:04 am
Your solution looks like the best way to handle that particular problem but I would make 2 changes.
Instead of creating a temporary table each time you run the...
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January 2, 2008 at 9:35 am
Try isnumeric. It would look something like this.
CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(RECENTINR)=1 THEN CAST(RECENTINR AS DECIMAL(10,2) ELSE 0 END
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January 2, 2008 at 9:14 am
I think it primary depends on the type of testing. Your absolutely right in that testing on a small amount of data or with a simplified query isn't going...
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January 2, 2008 at 9:08 am
I agree with Jeff that you should do at least some time trials with your data and setup.
That being said I have used the table method with great...
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December 31, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Kenneth Fisher (12/10/2007)
Connecting to servername...
Disconnecting connection...
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December 10, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I tried what you suggested .. and it seemed to work .. at first. But now for some reason I'm getting the following result:
Connecting to servername...
Disconnecting connection from servername...
And...
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December 10, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Try running the following query looking for either Parent_Table or Child_Table is your table name. Just to confirm that you don't have any foreign keys. You may also...
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December 10, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I wrote an unattended install for my client tools and it worked quite well. Just look at the template.ini on your install disk. It has instructions and all...
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November 28, 2007 at 12:05 pm
declare @rc int
EXEC @rc = prSQLSecurityAudit 'C:\Trace\LOG'
SELECT * FROM :: fn_trace_getinfo(default)
-- INTO TableName trys to create a new table.
-- This inserts into an existing table
INSERT INTO Trace_Table
SELECT * FROM...
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November 27, 2007 at 12:11 pm
You know all of this remind me of one of my favorite help requests I had when I was a lead developer years ago.
"Its broken"
Literally .. that was it. ...
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November 27, 2007 at 9:42 am
I'm going to make an educated guess. Although fair warning it is just an educated guess. I belive what is happening is that when you do an alter...
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November 27, 2007 at 9:17 am
Great article Jeff. I much prefer to spend my time answering a question and not coming up with test cases.
Jeff Moden (11/27/2007)
I suspect that the very process of presenting...
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November 27, 2007 at 8:45 am
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