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  • RE: Importing multiple .txt files into one table - no SSIS

    for the delimiter issue, use something you KNOW will not exist in the data; a tilde ~ for example.

    then everything will come in as asingle column of wide data.

    For...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Importing multiple .txt files into one table - no SSIS

    here's an example i've posted lots of times.

    this inserts allt eh data into a table named "BULKACT, that has a single column "RAWDATA"

    it imports all the files in four different...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Importing multiple .txt files into one table - no SSIS

    it's fairly easy; you would want to use BULK INSERT to bring the text files into a SQL table...but you have to know the layout of the data, and create...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Schema for cascading style sheets

    well, CSS wise, the closest assignment to the object overrides the css at the higher level;

    do you have a set number of levels, or at least some method to identify...

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  • RE: HTML, T-SQL, E-MAIL and you...

    John Waclawski (8/27/2012)


    LOWELL!! MY SQL HERO!! Let me give this a shot & see how it works!

    Thanks. BTW...did you get my reply from our other thread?

    for assigning...

    Lowell


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  • RE: HTML, T-SQL, E-MAIL and you...

    John here's your example you posted, modified so every other row is manill folder/white;

    if i have specific cells i want colored, i usually use a CSS class.

    let me know if...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Help needed in converting an int datatype to MM/DD/YYYY and converting another int to HH:MM PM

    ok, this gets you your value as datetime, right? i guess you could manipulate it a bit more if you really wanted AMPM in it, but i would want the...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Help needed in converting an int datatype to MM/DD/YYYY and converting another int to HH:MM PM

    if you convert to CHAR(12), most of the string gets truncated no matter the format.

    try a CHAR(37) instead.

    Lowell


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  • RE: Oracle Database

    Jo Pattyn (8/27/2012)


    ... any good programmer is also worth his/her weigth in gold.

    lol according to this web site,

    http://www.onlygold.com/tutorialpages/yourweightingold.asp

    a fat boy like me is worth 5.4 million dollars or so;...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Help: Encryption and Decryption in T-SQL and VB.NET

    ok I see that works;

    With my example values, I also saw that SQL DES and TRIPLE_DES are not interchangable with the results from your function;

    I think you'll have to...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Backing Up/Restore to non-local drive

    andersg98 makes me think you could do a proof of concept;

    create a new job that does a COPY ONLY with verify backup to the network share;

    set it to...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Connection keeps Changing When Switching Between Queries

    The new Query button will open up with the connection information for whatever Server/Database is currently selected in the Object Explorer.

    If Object Explorer is not visible the connection info is...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Help: Encryption and Decryption in T-SQL and VB.NET

    well, my simple copy paste of your class, and a button to call it returns an error form vb.net;

    All i wanted was a string and it's encrypted value, with a...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Create view with no outer joins

    an indexed view cannot have functions applied to any of the columns,right? so the CASE and CONVERT statements in the query you posted will disqualify the view from being indexed,...

    Lowell


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  • RE: Help: Encryption and Decryption in T-SQL and VB.NET

    probably. If you can give an example of the unencrypted value / encrypted value as it would be processed from vb.net, we can see if there is a matching algorythm...

    Lowell


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